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struggle4progress

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 01:07 PM Sep 2012

Galloway Rape Remark: Respect Candidate Quits

Respect candidate Kate Hudson has quit over George Galloway's claim that a rape allegation against WikiLeaks campaigner Julian Assange amounted to no more than "bad sexual etiquette".

She said her conscience would not allow her to stand in the upcoming Manchester Central by-election for a party whose only MP has made "unacceptable and unretracted statements" about rape ...

http://web.orange.co.uk/article/news/galloway_rape_remark_respect_candidate_quits

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Galloway Rape Remark: Respect Candidate Quits (Original Post) struggle4progress Sep 2012 OP
Galloway has a major blind-spot where female rights are concerned Anarcho-Socialist Sep 2012 #1
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