Abigail
30-05-2008, 17:26
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George Galloway is taking legal action against The Bill, claiming that the show's producers based a corrupt MP on him.
Galloway, an MP for the Bethnal Green and Bow constituency, is believed to be unhappy over the content of three-part special 'Moving Target', which aired in November last year.
"He is in talks with his lawyers this week," a source close to Galloway told the Daily Record. "The legal action is based on an episode of The Bill where a politician with uncanny similarities to George turned out to be venal and corrupt - and that there was a clear inference."
The storyline saw fictional MP Paul Sagger, played by Tom Chadbon, come under investigation after being shot in the shoulder at a Rock Against Racism concert. Sagger was later charged for illegally importing artefacts from Iraq.
A source explained: "Galloway's links with Iraq are well known. He is an east London MP and Sun Hill is meant to be set in east London. And the Rock Against Racism concerts are held in Victoria Park - which is in George's constituency.
"The viewers will have seen a man about the same age as George, playing an east London MP with links to Iraq and Rock Against Racism, being charged with smuggling. The conclusions are fairly obvious, you would have thought."
Galloway's spokesman Ron McKay said: "George cannot make any comment because of the current legal state of affairs."
George Galloway is taking legal action against The Bill, claiming that the show's producers based a corrupt MP on him.
Galloway, an MP for the Bethnal Green and Bow constituency, is believed to be unhappy over the content of three-part special 'Moving Target', which aired in November last year.
"He is in talks with his lawyers this week," a source close to Galloway told the Daily Record. "The legal action is based on an episode of The Bill where a politician with uncanny similarities to George turned out to be venal and corrupt - and that there was a clear inference."
The storyline saw fictional MP Paul Sagger, played by Tom Chadbon, come under investigation after being shot in the shoulder at a Rock Against Racism concert. Sagger was later charged for illegally importing artefacts from Iraq.
A source explained: "Galloway's links with Iraq are well known. He is an east London MP and Sun Hill is meant to be set in east London. And the Rock Against Racism concerts are held in Victoria Park - which is in George's constituency.
"The viewers will have seen a man about the same age as George, playing an east London MP with links to Iraq and Rock Against Racism, being charged with smuggling. The conclusions are fairly obvious, you would have thought."
Galloway's spokesman Ron McKay said: "George cannot make any comment because of the current legal state of affairs."