Overview

• Counter terrorism officers confirmed they used Schedule 3 powers to question a man in his 70s and a woman in her 40s at Gatwick on Saturday, identified in reporting as George Galloway and his wife.
• Galloway had returned to the UK on a flight from Abu Dhabi after earlier travel from Moscow, according to multiple reports.
• Police said neither person was arrested and both were allowed to continue their journeys, with no charges or alleged offences reported.
• Schedule 3 of the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 permits officers at UK ports to stop, question, search and detain people to assess involvement in hostile activity, with oversight from the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office.
• Galloway is a former MP who lost his seat in 2024 and has announced plans to stand for the Scottish Parliament in Glasgow Southside, a backdrop to his party's claim of politically motivated intimidation.