Galloway "a proxy of Hamas"

Outspoken MSP George Galloway was denied access into Canada last week on grounds he poses a threat to the country’s national security.

A spokesperson for Canada’s immigration minister called Mr Galloway an “infandous street-corner Cromwell” and based the decision on the fact that “he has expressed sympathy for the Taliban murderers who are trying to kill Canadian and British soldiers in Afghanistan.”

The decision was made following pressure from Canada’s Jewish Defence League (JDL).

In a live Channel 4 debate Meir Weinstein, director of JDL, said: “Any man who supports Hamas and Hezbollah the way he does is in favour of educating children to become suicide bombers.”

Galloway was to give a speech to Toronto’s Stop the War Coalition later this month and has said he will fight the “idiotic ruling” barring him from the country in court.