Firebrand politician George Galloway to be dad again at 65

Firebrand politician George Galloway has announced he is to become a dad again at the age of 65.

The Scots former MP is expecting a baby with his fourth wife, Putri Gayatri Pertiwi, who is 30 years his junior.

The baby is due in the summer and will be the couple's third child together and Galloway's sixth in total.

Galloway posted a photograph on social media of his wife sporting her pregnancy bump after she attended a 20 week scan.

He earlier told his 345,000 followers on Twitter: "By the Grace of God there should be another New Galloway along in the summer.
"By His Grace @gayatrigalloway and I are expecting our third child (my sixth) and we are truly grateful."

Galloway married Miss Pertiwi, 35, an anthropologist, in a hotel in Amsterdam in April 2012.

She is a Dutch-born researcher of Indonesian heritage who took a degree in cultural anthropology at the University of Utrecht.

She also studied in Amsterdam before taking a masters degree in children's rights at Amsterdam University.

The couple were sent dozens of messages from well-wishers after announcing their happy news.

Speaking after his fifth child was born in 2017, Galloway told how he wanted his family to keep growing.

He said: "It used to be the tradition of Irish Catholic immigrants to have six children, so I'm not stopping here.

"As long as God gives me breath - and energy - there will be more.

"It's the best thing that ever happened to me.

"There's nothing keeps you young like your children climbing over your face in the morning to wake you up. It's life-enhancing."

Dundee-born Galloway first became an MP in 1987 after winning the Glasgow Hillhead seat for Labour.

He was expelled from the party in 2003 in the wake of outspoken comments on the Iraq war. In 2005 he was elected MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, standing as a Respect candidate.

He represented Bradford West after a by-election in 2012 but lost his seat in 2015.

Mr Galloway also appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in 2006 where he pretended to be a cat and lick cream from actress Rula Lenska's hands.