The Respect Party was a left-wing to far-left socialist political party active in the United Kingdom between 2004 and 2016. At the height of its success in 2007, the party had one Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons and nineteen councillors in local government.
George Galloway in September 2005
Respect fringe meeting at the 2004 European Social Forum
Respect campaigners decorating a bus in Manchester for the 2005 elections
Respect candidate Ghazi Khan, with someone dressed as Blair, at the 18 March 2006 Anti-War Protest in London
George Joshua Richard Monbiot is a British journalist, author, and environmental and political activist. He writes a regular column for The Guardian and has written several books.
Monbiot in 2013
Monbiot at a Make Poverty History rally in Edinburgh, July 2005