After a series of gaffes in UK media appearances, former England cricketer Monty Panesar has now said he will no longer contest the seat for parliament one week after announcing his run.
Ashes hero Monty Panesar has dramatically quit as a candidate for UK Parliament just a week after announcing he would contest the next election for George Galloway’s Workers Party.
But after a series of gaffes in UK media appearances, he has now said he will no longer contest the seat. A prominent anti-war politician and former Labour MP, Galloway was expelled from the party in 2003 over comments relating to the Iraq war.
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