Needing ‘more time to learn’, Ashes hero Monty Panesar drops out of race for UK parliament

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Needing ‘more clip to learn’, Ashes leader Monty Panesar drops retired of contention for UK parliament

London: Ashes leader Monty Panesar has dramatically discontinue arsenic a campaigner for UK Parliament conscionable a week aft announcing helium would contention the adjacent predetermination for George Galloway’s Workers Party.

Panesar, a rotation bowler who played 50 cricket Tests for England betwixt 2006 and 2013, announced past week that helium wanted to basal arsenic a campaigner to “represent the working-class radical of this country”.

Leader of the Workers Party of Britain George Galloway (right) looks connected arsenic erstwhile England cricketer Monty Panesar (centre) addresses chap enactment candidates successful Parliament Square.

He was going to contention the Ealing Southall spot successful westbound London, which was held by Labour with a superior ballot of much than 60 per cent.

But aft a bid of gaffes successful UK media appearances, helium has present said helium volition nary longer contention the seat.

“I realise I request much clip to listen, larn and find my governmental home, 1 that aligns with my idiosyncratic and governmental values,” helium said successful a connection connected societal media.

“I’m a arrogant Brit who has had the honour to correspond my state astatine the highest level of cricket. I present privation to bash my spot to assistance others but I recognise I americium astatine the opening of my travel and inactive learning astir however authorities tin assistance people.”

Panesar met Galloway, a seasoned left-wing firebrand politician threatening to inflame tensions successful the UK parliament implicit Israel’s violative successful Gaza, for the archetypal clip astatine his unveiling arsenic a campaigner for the enactment helium concisely represented.

He admitted helium had ne'er voted and said that helium was motivated by a tendency to adjacent the spread betwixt affluent and poor, adding that helium felt Labour nary longer represented working-class people.

“I privation The Workers Party each the best, but I look guardant to taking immoderate clip to mature and find my governmental feet truthful I americium well-prepared to present my precise champion erstwhile I adjacent tally up to the governmental wicket,” helium said successful his statement.

A salient anti-war person and erstwhile Labour MP, Galloway was expelled from the enactment successful 2003 implicit comments relating to the Iraq war.

Since then, helium has doubly ousted a Labour MP portion lasting for a 3rd party. On some occasions, successful Bethnal Green successful London and successful Bradford successful bluish England, helium ran connected campaigns focused connected his absorption to the Iraq war.

Monty Panesar celebrates the wicket of Ricky Ponting with Paul Collingwood a One Day International Series lucifer betwixt Australia and England successful Melbourne successful 2007.

While Panesar said his candidacy was driven by home issues, helium faced extended questioning astir planetary policies during his week successful the limelight, linking his party’s privation to permission NATO, a subject confederation betwixt the US and Europe, arsenic a mode to curb amerciable immigration.

He past confessed helium was "not an adept connected overseas policy" erstwhile questioned astir Workers Party policies connected Gaza.

In Australia, Panesar was champion known for his rearguard batting with James Anderson astatine Cardiff successful the 2009 Ashes, which helped England to gully the archetypal Test of a bid they went connected to triumph 2-1.

He retired arsenic England’s sixth-leading wicket-taker among rotation bowlers and finished playing professionally successful 2016.

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