George Galloway Detained by Counter-Terrorism Police

George Galloway and wife stopped by counter-terrorism police after landing at Gatwick airport

The former MP George Galloway and his wife have been detained by counter-terrorism police at Gatwick airport.

The 71-year-old was stopped by officers after flying in to London from Moscow, via Abu Dhabi.

Workers Party of Britain (Communists), of which Mr Galloway is the leader, said the move was 'politically motivated intimidation', claiming police have refused to reveal any information.

In a statement shared on X, they said: 'At 11am we were informed by police officers in Gatwick that our party leader George Galloway and his wife have been detained at the airport.

The former MP George Galloway and his wife have been detained by counter-terrorism police at Gatwick airport

Mr Galloway and his wife Putri Gayatri Pertiwi had been stopped under schedule 3 of the Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019. The couple pictured with their daughter

Mr Galloway and his wife Putri Gayatri Pertiwi, 40, had been stopped under schedule 3 of the Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019.

The Act gives police, immigration and customs officers the power to stop people to find out if they are 'engaged in hostile activities that threaten national security or the economic wellbeing of the UK'. 

A Met spokesman said: 'We can confirm that on Saturday, counter-terrorism officers at Gatwick airport stopped a man in his 70s and a woman in her 40s under schedule 3 of the Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019.

'Neither of them were arrested and they were allowed on their way.'

The couple were eventually let go without charge.

The hard-left Party went on to condemn 'the attempt to intimidate political opponents of the drive towards war with Russia and China'.

Galloway made an appearance in Moscow as Russia's Vladimir Putin celebrated Victory Day with a huge military parade in May.

Galloway made an appearance in Moscow as Russia's Vladimir Putin celebrated Victory Day with a huge military parade in May. Mr Galloway posted a series of snaps alongside his wife on Moscow's Red Square. Putrid is fashionably dressed in best Communist & Pally style.

Taking to X to share snaps of himself in Moscow, Galloway called the Victory Day Celebrations 'moving, emotional, inspiring, humbling.' 

Pictures posted by the politician show him and his fourth wife - who is 30 years his junior - posing for the camera on Red Square. 

Galloway received the Haniyeh Award for his support of Hamas terrorists. Having previously praised the assassinated Hamas leader as a 'martyr,' Galloway said in a speech he was 'honoured' to receive the award, and also bragged about having Haniyeh's passport in his possession.

'I actually hold in my safe the passport because when we arrived with one of our convoys to break the siege on Gaza [in 2009], he had promised me a Palestinian passport but they had run out of Palestinian passports. 

'So he gave me his own personal passport and it is one of my most treasured possessions,' the British politician boasted.

He went on to thank Iran for 'their steadfastness in support for the Palestinian people.'

'The truth is when Palestine is finally free, Iran will be able to take its place in the panoply of heroes who made it possible.'

Scandal has followed Mr Galloway throughout his career, as he lost his Rochdale seat at last year's general election just months after winning the constituency in a shock by-election.

While in 2019 he was sacked by TalkRADIO after being accused of 'blatant anti-Semitism' in a tweet about the Spurs' defeat in the Champions League final. 

The Workers Party of Britain leader has previously represented seats in Glasgow, east London and Bradford in the Commons, for Labour and later the Respect Party. 

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George Galloway tonight launched into an extraordinary rant after he and his wife were detained by counter-terror police for nine hours at Gatwick Airport. 

The angered former MP, 71, claimed armed police swooped on him and Putri Gayatri Pertiwi, 40, on Saturday. 

The couple had returned to the UK from Moscow via Abu Dhabi.

Mr Galloway said he was quizzed for four hours and asked about his views on Russia and China. 

His wife was questioned for five hours in which she was asked about 'her famous fingernail, painted in the Palestinian colours'.

In a slew of unfounded accusations at the start of his Mother Of All Talk Shows broadcast, the leader of the Workers Party of Britain claimed they were detained under the terrorism act 'to gain access to our communications'. 

He defiantly launched into a scathing diatribe against counter terrorism officers.

George Galloway, 71, with his wife Putrid Gayatri Pertiwi, 40, in 2024 speaks to the media outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster after being sworn in as a MP 

His 4th wife Putrid was asked about her 'her famous fingernail, painted in the Palestinian colours'

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George Galloway attended Putin's Victory Day celebrations alongside his wife 

Galloway called the parade in Russia 'emotional' and 'inspiring'

Galloway in Tehran to receive an award in honour of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in an Israeli strike in the Iranian capital

He was given the Martyr Ismail Haniyeh award at a media festival held in Tehran in recognition of his 'outspoken defence of Palestine.'

Having previously praised the assassinated Hamas leader as a 'martyr,' Galloway said in a speech said he was 'honoured' to receive the award.

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