OPINION - George Galloway: We need an end to wokery, greenery and quackery

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-10-07 · by George Galloway

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George Galloway writes an opinion piece calling for an end to what he terms "wokery," "greenery," and "quackery" in Britain, advocating instead for a return to straightforward policies and free speech. He proposes common sense socialism with banking for Britain rather than bankers, emphasizing food and energy security through public ownership of the energy sector. Galloway also criticizes the current establishment as ineffective and rife with corruption, suggesting that only a strong leader can unite the country and address its challenges effectively.
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George Galloway, a prominent British politician, penned an opinion piece advocating for an end to what he terms "wokery," "greenery," and "quackery." He asserts that Britain must unite on national priorities beyond identity politics to address its current state of decline. Galloway invokes historical achievements like the Industrial Revolution and shipbuilding during wartime, emphasizing Britain's capacity for great feats despite present challenges. He calls for a strong leader akin to Oliver Cromwell who can tackle what he views as corrupt governance. His vision includes free speech, prioritizing British industry over foreign interests, ensuring food and energy security through public ownership of key sectors, and utilizing Brexit's potential more effectively.

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Who wrote this

George Galloway
1 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 Britain needs a Cromwell who will go into the hive of scum and villainy and clean it out.
The only article under this byline in the corpus.

Topics

Americans Britain British Industrial Revolution London

Subjects

Britain GPE · 5× British NORP · 2× London GPE · 2× Americans NORP · 1× Brexit ORG · 1× British Energy Corporation ORG · 1× Ealing GPE · 1× George Galloway PERSON · 1× No Farmers ORG · 1× Whitehall ORG · 1×

Narrative

To unite our people on vital national priorities and end division along identity politics. We all have multiple identities but the one that matters most today is that we are subjects of a fading failing Ealing comedy state presided over by a rotten establishment of losers in danger of sinking our ship with the loss of all hands. We need an experienced steady hand on the tiller.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-07
🔮 Britain needs a Cromwell who will go into the hive of scum and villainy and clean it out.
2026-10-07 · Evening Standard
OPINION - George Galloway: We need an end to wokery, greenery and quackery · assertive framing

Claims (15 extracted, 0 hedged)

George Galloway: We need an end to wokery, greenery and quackery Britain can rebuild again. asserted
Britain → need → wokery
Our people made ships of steel when the Americans were still cowboys. Our Industrial Revolution changed the world for ever. asserted
Revolution → make → world
To unite our people on vital national priorities and end division along identity politics. We all have multiple identities but the one that matters most today is that we are subjects of a fading failing Ealing comedy state presided over by a rotten establishment of losers in danger of sinking our ship with the loss of all hands. We need an experienced steady hand on the tiller. asserted
We → unite → tiller
who never changed asserted
who → change → ?
We need Common Sense socialism. asserted
We → need → socialism
Public ownership of a powerful British Energy Corporation which takes command of the sector to fuel a British renaissance. asserted
which → take → renaissance
Brexit has failed because we have not used it to do the things we are now free to do. asserted
we → fail → things
But we are being dragged down by crime and I don’t just mean City Hall. asserted
I → drag → Hall
We have criminals in the Palace, at Westminster and in Whitehall. asserted
We → have → Whitehall
We have police on TikTok and policing Twitter instead of catching crooks- not that we have the jails to put them in! asserted
we → have → them
Britain needs a Cromwell who will go into the hive of scum and villainy and clean it out. asserted
who → need → it
Things are that serious believe me. asserted
Things → believe → me
There has never been a darker moment on this island since the skies over London were black with bombers and the city was burning. asserted
city → burn → bombers
At which point Britain united under a national unity prime minister, rolled up its sleeves, put differences aside with Soviet Russia and saved not only ourselves but helped to save the world. asserted
Britain → unite → world
We can do it again. asserted
We → do → it
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