Mick Hartley

Ooh look, it's Gorgeous George:

"Former British Member of Parliament George Galloway compared Western democracies to the Chinese political system in a speech delivered at the March 23, 2023 Beijing Second International Forum on Democracy. He said that as a six-term member of the British Parliament, he can say that Western democracies have a "surfeit of the form of democracy, but a form that is increasingly devoid of the content of democracy." Galloway said that Western democracies are "going backwards, while China is going forwards," and explained that Western democracies are experiencing increased poverty, while China is raising people out of poverty. He stated that Western democracies have the "form" of elections, and you can choose between parties, but both parties stand for the same things and therefore, choosing between two political parties is like choosing between "two cheeks of the same backside," while in China you cannot change the ruling party, but it is possible to change the policies. Galloway said that China has achieved more in the last few weeks than "decades of Western domination" by bringing Saudi Arabia and Iran together. The speech was posted on the official YouTube account of Chinese official broadcaster CGTN."

That hat!