George Galloway, the former Labour MP kicked out of the party for his vociferous criticism of the invasion of Iraq, said yesterday that he had "come back from the dead with a great victory" after winning a safe seat from the pro-war Labour MP Oona King.
"I see it as a vindication both personally and politically," he said yesterday. "I have taken everything that could be thrown at me, more than anyone else I have known in my political lifetime. I cannot think of a person who has, to the same degree, been smeared and decried.
"This is also a vindication for the anti-war movement. The vast majority of the public think that Mr Blair deceived the country."
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