Galloway constituents say he should quit

George Galloway’s constituents had mixed reactions today after his Big Brother eviction and many thought he should resign.

Monjur Ahmed, 30, who runs the City Food store in Brick Lane, in Mr Galloway’s Bethnal Green and Bow constituency, said: “He should definitely go. People are not feeling good here.

“I have people coming into the shop all the time saying he should go. They are unhappy.

“He only lives round the corner but I have never seen him once on these streets.”

Ossie Bridgeman agreed that Mr Galloway should resign.

The 51-year-old said: “He should never have got the job in the first place. He has shown the whole country up.”

Web designer Carl De’athe, 25, from Bethnal Green, said: “I understand the reasons behind what he has done, to reach out to people, but really he should have been representing us in parliament.”

IT consultant Phil Hankinson, 33, from Goldman Close, seconds away from Mr Galloway’s home, said the MP would not be welcomed back with open arms.

“I think he’s going to have a very cool reception, at least I hope so.

“He’s not done any good for this area, he’s made a fool of himself and also the people who voted for him in this area.

“He should have been here looking after the people in this borough, but he’s not been here.

“He’s been prancing around in a body suit and lapping up milk from a woman’s hand.

“It’s no way for a grown man to behave, let alone a member of parliament.”

PR executive David Russell, 28, from Bethnal Green, said many people in the area felt let down by him in every respect.

“As I always suspected, he seems to care little about his constituents or their concerns.

“He thinks of himself first and does not seem or feel to be representative of the people that elected him into parliament.

“His attendance in the Commons and his voting record and his participation in the Big Brother house show that he cares little.

“Crossrail for this area is being debated at the moment and he should be there.

“That’s what the majority of people elected him to do and they feel let down.”

Mr Russell said that, even when Mr Galloway was not on Big Brother, he was “on international speaking tours or in America”.

He added: “Letters against him in the local paper show what people think. This has been a step too far.”

Talha Khan, who works in the 24-hour bagel shop in nearby Brick Lane, said he felt Mr Galloway had done a lot of good in uniting people against the war in Iraq.

He said he was glad that Mr Galloway was now out of the house.

“It’s not only Galloway that’s bad, there’s other MPs too. I’ve observed that Galloway has brought Muslims together.”

A banker from Holland who lives in Bethnal Green and wanted only to be known as Peter said Mr Galloway had made unwise decisions.

He added: “He’s a bit weird but all parliamentarians are a bit weird.

“He has been criticised for supporting Saddam Hussein but the Americans did exactly the same in supporting Saddam.

“People have got a short memory on this.”

Another constituent, who did not wish to be named, declared Mr Galloway a “traitor”.

He added: “I’m 70 and I’ve lived in this area all my life.

“He has already said that he’s not going to stand again, which is good. The man is a conman and a traitor. How could a man like that go on a programme like that? He’s let people down.”