News from the New Party

Dis-Respect

It's always nice to talk about good news for a change, and so the end of the marriage-made-in-Hell between George Galloway MP and his Muslim fan-club on the one hand and the witless Trots of the Socialist Workers Party on the other is especially welcome.

A number of SWP members have apparently been expelled from Respect, although others are now claiming that Galloway himself has left the party.  In fact, Galloway has seized control of the party office, changing the locks, while the SWP faction appear to retain control of the party website.  So much for the Unity Coalition.  Both sides are planning to hold their own party conference.  Meanwhile the Respect group on Tower Hamlets Council has split, with the SWP group looking to join forces with - wait for it - the Liberal Democrats.

You couldn't make it up.