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George Galloway

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Pipe down Mr Indignation. We'll see what the viewers thought of your double standards, your indignation about me and the aplomb with which you become a lying plutocrat in your gentleman's club.
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Anita Singh, "Galloway falls out with Big Brother housemates", The Times, January 24, 2006
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Referring to fellow housemate Samuel Preston while in the Celebrity Big Brother 2006 house.

 
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