Catholic politician detained at London airport under Terrorism Act

George Galloway, former MP for Rochdale and leader of the Workers Party of Britain, has been detained at Gatwick Airport under the Terrorism Act.

Galloway, 71, was stopped by counter-terrorism officers along with his wife, Putri Gayatri Pertiwi, before being released. It is understood the couple were returning to the UK from Moscow via Abu Dhabi.

London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed the incident in a statement, saying: “We can confirm that on Saturday 27 September counter-terrorism officers at Gatwick Airport stopped a man in his 70s and a woman in her 40s under Schedule 3 of the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019.”