Respect MP George Galloway has posted a series of tweets gloating over former Foreign Secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind’s fall from from grace.
Sir Malcolm has resigned aschair of the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee and will stand down as an MP at the general election in May over the latest cash-for-access row.
Although he has described the allegations against him as “contemptible”, Sir Malcolm said he felt it is better for the Conservative party if he does not seek re-election following the revelation made on Channel 4’s Dispatches.
Mr Galloway, who was born in Dundee, led the campaign to twin his hometown with Nablus in Palestine.
Sir Malcolm was then a minister in the Scotland Office and sought legal advice on how to overturn the twinning of the two cities, something which has led to a 35-year feud between the two politicians.
Mr Galloway posted a series of tweets expressing his delight in Sir Malcolm’s downfall on Tuesday.
His first tweet stated:
35 years ago #RentboyRifkind a junior minister smeared and tried to sabotage my twinning of Dundee and the Palestinian City of Nablus…
— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) February 24, 2015
Before he followed it up with a series of tweets lambasting the former Scottish Secretary.
The City of Dundee and the City of Nablus remain twinned to this day. The Palestinian flag still flies in Dundee…
— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) February 24, 2015
https://twitter.com/georgegalloway/status/570185898815574016
Mr Galloway clashed with Sir Malcolm’s son, Times columnist Hugo Rifkind on Twitter yesterday.
The MP posted:
https://twitter.com/georgegalloway/status/569852839750733824
Mr Rifkind’s mocking response referred to Mr Galloway’s infamous meeting with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
https://twitter.com/hugorifkind/status/569854162135076864
A street named Nablus Avenue was officially opened in Dundee last week.