Galloway wins €217,000 over Saddam payroll claims

FORMER Labour MP George Galloway won £150,000 (€217,000) libel damages yesterday over the Daily Telegraph’s allegations that he was in the pay of Saddam Hussein.

The 50-year-old MP for Glasgow Kelvin described the High Court ruling by Mr Justice Eady as a “judicial caning” for The Daily Telegraph, which has been left facing costs of around £1.2 million (€1.7m).

Mr Galloway was present at London’s Law Courts to hear the judge say the newspaper’s argument that the words complained of did not impute personal greed was “quite unsustainable”.