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27 Sep 2025, 22:46 GMT+10
The veteran politician has been briefly held at Gatwick airport under the Terrorism Act
George Galloway was temporarily detained at Gatwick Airport under the Terrorism Act upon his return from Russia on Saturday, according to his Workers Party of Britain.
Officers from the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command stopped the 71-year-old former MP, along with his wife. The police have acknowledged an incident, but have not confirmed that Galloway was the man detained.
"We can confirm that on Saturday, 27 September counter-terrorism officers at Gatwick Airport stopped a man in his 70s and a woman in her 40s under Schedule 3 of the Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019. Neither of them were arrested and they were allowed on their way," a Met spokesperson stated.
The Workers Party of Britain confirmed in a post on X that their leader and his wife were detained, branding the incident a "politically motivated intimidation" attempt. The party said it received no immediate "information on charges or alleged offences."
Schedule 3, cited by the police, allows border officers to stop, question and detain individuals arriving in the country for the purpose of determining whether they have been engaged in "hostile activity" of any sort.
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