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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (23745)	6/23/2005 2:27:50 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 361897

Balls O Steel Galloway.. speaks out Again..... The BBC Online Thursday, 23 June, 2005, 16:20 GMT 17:20 UK Galloway fires G8 march warning George Galloway said protesters would defy the authorities The MP George Galloway has vowed that protesters "won't be denied" their right to march past the G8 summit at Gleneagles. Police and Perth and Kinross Council have blocked plans for a Stop the War rally to march past the Gleneagles Hotel used for the G8 summit on 6 July. However, Mr Galloway vowed to get as close as possible to the G8 leaders, whom he labelled "desperados". He also urged First Minister Jack McConnell to intervene in the dispute. Speaking at a G8 Alternatives media conference in Glasgow, Mr Galloway said the right of people to demonstrate outside Gleneagles Hotel was "non-negotiable". Demonstrators also planned to stage a rally in Auchterarder but were told by Perth and Kinross Council that they would have to take out insurance cover for up to £5m. 'Right to march' Mr Galloway, who was elected in the Bethnal Green and Bow constituency in London, said: "We're marching to Gleneagles. We have a right to march on the streets of our own country against the presence in our own country of dangerous foreign and domestic leaders. "That's our right, we will exercise it, we won't pay for it, we won't take out insurance against ourselves, we won't be denied." Protesters have been stopped from marching past the summit Mr Galloway labelled the G8 leaders "desperados" and claimed they were responsible for many wars and an economic system which had been "the biggest mass killer the world has ever seen". The Respect MP urged Jack McConnell to intervene in the dispute and allow the protesters to march where they please. "It is really not a matter for Perth and Kinross Council, nor is it a matter for a chief constable in one part of Scotland which has had the misfortune to have this landed on their doorstep," Mr Galloway said. "This is a matter for the first minister of Scotland. "There could be few more important tests for Mr McConnell and the government of Scotland than this one so in order to avoid embarrassment at best if this goes wrong and is beamed across the entire world, we have to hear from the chief minister and quickly." Local decision-making Scottish Socialist Party MSP Frances Curran said: "It's cowardice to put this responsibility on Perth and Kinross Council... the first minister is running away from this." However, that charge was denied by a source close to Mr McConnell. "The first minister believes firmly in local democracy and local decision-making and he would be surprised to hear George Galloway and Frances Curran calling for that to be undermined," said the source. Perth and Kinross Council said it would meet G8 Alternatives next Monday to discuss the group's plans. "We fully recognise the right to undertake peaceful protest and that people will wish to get as close as possible to the site," said a spokesman.