George Galloway has insisted he will fight any move to expel him from the Labour Party.

The Glasgow Kelvin MP, who has mounted a series of ferocious attacks on the Labour leadership, insisted he had considerable support from the party and the country.

Galloway said he was "wading through thousands of letters of support" And he vowed to fight moves to expel him from the party "every inch of the way".

The rebel MP also defended his opposition to the war and insisted events had justified his stance.

Last week he was branded as a "traitor" by sections of the press after he described Tony Blair and President Bush as "wolves" and called upon Arab nations to help resist coalition forces.

Galloway predicted that the full consequences of the actions of Britain and America would be felt for years to come.

"The consequences for our trade, our cultural position and the safety of our people abroad and, I fear, at home will be very grave and that is not worth the price," he said.

"You can't go round the world invading people's countries killing thousands of their people, destabilising the region in which they sit and then occupying and beginning the looting of their country just to get rid of a dictator."

He insisted that his stance had considerable support within Labour ranks.

"I was a member of it long before Mr Blair and I suspect I love it even now rather more than does Mr Blair. I will fight every inch of the way any attempt to drive me out of Labour politics," he told BBC Radio's Today programme.