George Galloway was a Labour MP in Glasgow for more than a decade George Galloway is considering a return to politics by standing for a seat in the Scottish Parliament, he has revealed in his newspaper column.
The Scottish politician was the MP in London’s Bethnal Green and Bow seat until May’s general election.
In his Daily Record column he wrote that he was under “serious pressure” to be a candidate in Glasgow for the Holyrood elections in May 2011.
He said he thought securing a regional seat was possible.
Mr Galloway wrote: “I’d need 5% of the total Glasgow vote to get elected – somewhere between 10,000 and 15,000 votes.
“My friends don’t think it’s beyond me. Neither do I. What about you?”
The 56-year-old politician was born in Dundee but served as a MP in the west end of Glasgow for 18 years.
He was a Labour MP until he was expelled in 2003 over his opposition to the party’s actions on Iraq.
Mr Galloway was a founder member of the anti-war Respect party and won a Commons seat in London’s east end in 2005.
He switched to a neighbouring constituency in May’s election but was defeated.
Mr Galloway is also an author, columnist and radio broadcaster, with a show on TalkSport.
He wrote in the Daily Record that the Scottish Parliament needs “heavier-weight members” if it is to develop as a real parliament “worthy of the name”.
“it needs members who might be recognised outside their own living rooms, members with principles on which they stand, come what may,” he added.
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