{"id":2236784,"date":"2024-05-03T17:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T21:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-russia-covertly-attempt-to-fund-george-galloways-new-party\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T18:00:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T22:00:56","slug":"will-russia-covertly-attempt-to-fund-george-galloways-new-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-russia-covertly-attempt-to-fund-george-galloways-new-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Russia secretly backing George Galloway&#8217;s new party?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwill-russia-covertly-attempt-to-fund-george-galloways-new-party%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2236784&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The United Kingdom is gearing up for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/history-repeats-itself-democrats-are-using-tactics-of-the-marxists-of-1917-in-russia-to-steal-2020-election\/\" title=\"History Repeats Itself: Democrats Are Using Tactics of the Marxists of 1917 in Russia to Steal 2020 Election\">national election<\/a> by January 2025, with \u200dpredictions favoring \u2064the Labour Party over the Conservatives. Noteworthy spoilers like Nigel Farage&#8217;s Reform party and George Galloway&#8217;s Workers Party \u200bof Britain could\u2063 impact the election landscape. There are \u200dconcerns about possible covert\u2064 funding from Russia to Galloway&#8217;s party, as it aligns with anti-NATO and\u200c anti-U.S. narratives.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-kingdom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>United Kingdom<\/a> will hold a national <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"election\">election<\/a> by the end of January 2025. The latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/polls\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"polling data\">polling data<\/a>, and local council election results on Friday, suggest that the center-left Labour Party opposition will unseat the governing center-right Conservative Party and win a massive majority in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>But spoilers lurk.<\/p>\n<p>One such spoiler comes in the form of Nigel Farage\u2019s Reform party. The original agitator of Britain\u2019s Brexit departure from the European Union, Reform has just one member of Parliament in the 650-seat House of Commons. While the party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/britain\/2024\/04\/24\/britains-reform-uk-party-does-not-exist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>appears dormant at present<\/a>, any mobilization later this year might allow it to sever otherwise Conservative-leaning votes in key swing constituencies (the U.K. equivalent to congressional districts). This would be a problem for Rishi Sunak\u2019s Conservatives in that the polls show Labour with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-biden-approval-near-record-low-amid-economic-frustration\/\" title=\"Poll: Biden Approval Near Record Low Amid Economic Frustration\">20-point lead<\/a>. The small population size of some U.K. swing constituencies means that even a limited hemorrhaging of right<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-guns-and-crime-one-cheer-for-biden\/\" title=\"On Guns and Crime, One Cheer for Biden\">-wing voters<\/a> to Reform could lead to additional Labour gains.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Labour faces its own perhaps more significant threat. <\/p>\n<p>Enter George Galloway and his new Workers Party of Britain. A longtime far-Left stalwart, Galloway has served in Parliament on multiple occasions for multiple different parties. Despising the United States and relying on Islamists as a core of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-dems-use-recycling-bill-to-codify-equity-definition\/\" title=\"Oregon Dems Use Recycling Bill To Codify \u2018Equity\u2019 Definition\">support base<\/a>, Galloway has previously served as a paid TV host for both Russian and Iranian state television. A sustaining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=veOqEAyPmkg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>fan<\/a> of Saddam Hussein, Galloway once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wQMjfYKwFF4#t=68s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>saluted<\/a> the late Iraqi dictator\u2019s \u201ccourage, strength,\u201d and \u201cindefatigability\u201d and pledged to be with him until the Islamic reconquest of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>Galloway is also exceptionally smart and a highly adept political operator, however. He knows that the far Left is disenchanted with Labour leader Keir Starmer. These voters wish for the days when Starmer\u2019s predecessor, Jeremy Corbyn, was in charge: Where Starmer is a center-leftist, Corbyn was a socialist hard-liner. Galloway wants to capitalize on these feelings to bolster the Workers Party of Britain\u2019s representation in Parliament beyond his sole seat. And via his impeccable credentials with the Islamist Left, Galloway wants to galvanize and exploit voter anger over the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Galloway is set to present dozens of candidates at the next election. Monty Panesar, a former star England cricketer, will stand for Galloway\u2019s party in a London constituency. Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scandal-plagued-illinois-democrat-resigns-from-office\/\" title=\"Scandal-Plagued Illinois Democrat Resigns from Office\">close ally<\/a> is deputy party leader Chris Williamson. Like Galloway, Williamson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/1254278\/meet-chris-williamson-putins-best-friend-in-the-british-parliament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>is an avowedly pro-Kremlin<\/a> figure. Also like Galloway, Williamson hates the U.S., NATO, and Israel. He <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerbyChrisW\/status\/1748108626185670877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>says<\/a> that \u201cIsrael must be destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>None of this will go unnoticed in the Kremlin. While Russia\u2019s GRU and FSB intelligence services focus their U.K. operations on attempts at sabotage, assassination, and the theft of military secrets, Russia\u2019s SVR civilian foreign intelligence service has long prioritized its political influence efforts in the U.K. While the SVR has more recently had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/62276\/how-a-kremlin-facilitator-in-london-weaves-a-web-of-money-and-pro-putin-influence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>greater success with the U.K. Conservative Party<\/a>, Galloway\u2019s ambitions offer Russia a tantalizing prospect. After all, while Galloway\u2019s party will likely only secure a few seats in his best-case scenario, any success will boost the publicity and political potency of anti-NATO and anti-U.S. narratives.<\/p>\n<p>The question must thus be asked as to whether Russia will attempt to fund the Workers Party of Britain covertly. It wouldn\u2019t be that complicated for Russia to do so. The party provides a PayPal link <a href=\"https:\/\/workerspartybritain.org\/support\/struggle-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>on its website<\/a> via which donations can be made. This is of note because the Russian intelligence services regularly use sites such as PayPal and Patreon to launder their funding. All one needs is a credit or debit card and a fake address. Moreover, Russian covert support for the U.K. far Left is nothing new.<\/p>\n<p>The Soviet KGB built close links with numerous leftist U.K. politicians and helped to fund various nongovernmental organizations. Russia also attempted to influence the 2019 U.K. election in the far Left\u2019s favor. Prior to that election, Russian hackers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-68929678\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>stole documents<\/a> pertaining to a future U.K.-U.S. trade deal. The documents were then leaked and used by Corbyn to suggest that a Conservative victory would mean unpopular U.S. commercial service access to the U.K.\u2019s socialized medical system. While the Conservatives still won by a landslide, Russia\u2019s interest in boosting Corbyn wasn\u2019t exactly complicated. Corbyn opposes NATO, nuclear weapons, and the U.S. alliance.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Galloway shares all three of those positions, <a href=\"https:\/\/workerspartybritain.org\/ten-point-programme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>listing<\/a> \u201can end to imperialist wars and financial domination, starting with withdrawal from NATO\u201d as his party\u2019s very first policy priority. And not only does Galloway lead an ascendant party that fundamentally opposes the U.K. foreign policy mainstream, but he proclaims the very same policies that nearly destroyed the U.K. economy in the 1970s. Even if only at the margin, Russia can hope that Galloway\u2019s greater position would allow him to pressure Labour further to the left.<\/p>\n<p>Although he has previously earned a lot of Kremlin money via his Russian state media service, Galloway is unlikely to seek covert Russian funding because of the legal and political risks it entails. But considering Russia\u2019s record, Galloway\u2019s ideology, and his party\u2019s rising prospects, Russia\u2019s covert effort at such funding is a significant possibility.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK plans to conduct a national election before January 2025. Recent polls indicate a potential victory for the center-left Labour Party over the center-right Conservative Party. 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