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‘This is for Gaza’: George Galloway lashes Keir Starmer as he wins British by-election
The former Labour MP largely ran on a platform that focused on the war in Gaza, and attacking his former party’s stance
By-elections in the UK can feel like regular events, such are the slew of scandals and controversies involving British parliamentarians since 2019.
But few have been dreaded in Westminster quite like yesterday’s poll in Rochdale, which saw the 69-year-old former Labour MP George Galloway surge to victory in one of the most dysfunctional and chaotic by-elections of recent years.
There was an 11-strong all-male candidate list in the by-election, which had been triggered by the ...
