In the territory formerly known as Great Britain, the big news these days is the "rift" between Prince William, Prince Harry and their wives, who reportedly cannot stand each other. Over here in the colonies, we are following the story with something less than baited breath.
That has pushed local comedian George Galloway off the front pages for about a month now. Last month, George found himself where he usually finds himself-in the soup.
No, George didn't don his red leotards and sip milk out of a cat bowl again. It was because on his dopey radio show, he defended anti-Semite Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour party, which Corbyn leads, against charges of ......anti-Semitism. That got George in trouble with something in Great Britain they call Ofcom, which is a government approved agency that enforces "impartiality rules".
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-47697817
Ofcom offices
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/
At the risk of sounding like I am defending Galloway (which I am loathe to do), one wonders how Great Britain could become more impartial than it already is. They are impartial when it comes to Pakistani rape gangs operating across their nation. They are impartial when it comes to Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman they refused to grant asylum to as she hides from Muslim mobs searching for her to kill her for the "crime" of blasphemy. They are impartial when it comes to radical Islamists living on their soil. They are impartial when it comes to Brexit, trying to decide if they will honor the wishes of their citizens who voted for it or have another referendum hoping they get a different outcome. So why shouldn't they have an official watchdog agency to make sure nobody expresses any opinions on the airwaves?
Winston Churchill must be spinning in his grave knowing that his country has become the country of people like Prince Charles, Teresa May, Jeremy Corbyn, Ofcom, and last but not least, George Galloway.
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