Lack of respect in Respect?

Information has emerged of significantly less than respectful happenings within George Galloway's controversial party, 'Respect'.

As a former inhabitant of Bradford West, where Galloway managed to achieve his by-election victory, I remember witnessing the streams of propaganda bombarding us from leaflets to megaphones off double-decker campaign buses about Respect's stand for a new kind of politics. This far outshone any style of electioneering I have previously witnessed and caught his opponents off guard, highlighting their apparent lack of organisation and preparation.

In an election victory which became dubbed as the 'Bradford Spring' in 2012. Galloway promised a new future for the northern city which has been hit hard by the recession and where the quality of life has recently been titled worst in the UK.

However, reports have emerged of a growing internal crisis in relation to allegations of Galloway's absenteeism and apparent lack of interest in the roles required of an MP, recently commenting that it was "98% tedium" and that "I like elections more than I like serving" to the Evening Standard. For a constituency in such need of support to have such an apparent lacklustre commitment from its MP is unhelpful to say the least.
Galloway has also voiced his desire to run for Mayor of London in 2016, where there is a bigger share of the limelight to be had.

This has not gone unnoticed and resulted in all five of his Respect councillors to quit and stand as independents, casting doubts on the future of the fledgling party. Dave Green, the Labour leader of the Council believes that Galloway has "shown a contempt for all those people who voted for him last year."

Despite this disarray I have seen great improvements within Bradford over the three years I lived there (2010-2013) and would hate to see this political disunity halt it's progress.