Galloway leads the Workers Party of Britain political partyFormer MP George Galloway and his wife were detained at Gatwick Airport under the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act earlier today, Saturday, September 27. The leader of the Workers Party of Britain was returning to the country, via Abu Dhabi, after visiting Moscow, according to reports. The Workers Party of Britain has labelled the act as “politically motivated intimidation” and took to X to demand the pair’s release. In a statement, they said: "At 11am we were informed by police officers in Gatwick that our party leader George Galloway and his wife have been detained at the airport. They added: "We can confirm that on Saturday, 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.