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The former Labour Party and Respect MP predicted that the presidency was the Front National candidate’s for the taking after rival François Fillon “crashed and burned” following allegations into his wife’s role as a parliamentary assistant Satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaine claimed that Penelope Fillon was paid a six-figure sum but never turned up for work. Mr Galloway, who described Mlle Le Pen as “France’s Nigel Farage to the power of 10”, said the UK might not have to bother with negotiating a Brexit deal. Speaking on his talkRADIO show, he said: “If Marine Le Pen wins the presidency of France in three months, twelve weeks from now, there won’t be any European Union to withdraw from.

GETTY George Galloway predicted Marine Le Pen would be the person to dismantle the EU

If Marine Le Pen wins the presidency of France in three months, twelve weeks from now, there won’t be any European Union to withdraw from George Galloway

“And the EU will not be driving any kind of hard bargain with the British Prime Minister because they won’t be in a position to bargain at all.” He called the French election in April “the mother of all presidential battles” and added: “And as I say, if Le Pen wins, the EU is history.” The host then slammed those attempting to “derail” Brexit. “People are making a meal of something that is absolutely simple,” he said. “All you have to say to the EU is we are leaving and we’re not going to be sending you any more money.

Things you didn't know about Marine Le Pen Fri, May 5, 2017 Marine Le Pen is a French politician who is the president of the National Front, a national-conservative political party in France and one of its main political forces. Play slideshow AFP/Getty Images 1 of 10 Described as more democratic and republican than her nationalist father, she has led a movement of "de-demonization of the Front National" to detoxify it and soften its image

GETTY George Galloway called Marine Le Pen France's "Nigel Farage to the power of 10"