George Galloway is a man who inspires strong emotions, as Audrey Gillan found when she went out on the campaigning trail with him in the East End of London over the weekend.
Opinionated and articulate, Mr Galloway hasn't let getting booted out of the Labour party over his anti-war stance get him down. Instead he's set up his own party, Respect, with members of the Socialist Workers' party and Muslim Association of Britain.
He's now running in Bethnal Green and Bow, where most people seem to think he's got a pretty good chance of unseating Labour's Oona King, though no-one has done a proper opinion poll in the constituency yet.
While he is seen as a hero by many members of the Muslim community - 40% of Bow's electorate is Bengali – he's loathed by lots of people on the left.
One of his opponents has even set up a website, Respect Watch, to monitor his campaign and pronouncements. Today it features a photo of him next fascist leader Oswald Mosley. Expect a tough fight in the East End.
