George Galloway wins sweeping victory in Rochdale byelection, saying ‘this is for Gaza’
George Galloway wins sweeping victory in Rochdale byelection, saying ‘this is for Gaza’
Former Labour MP wins almost 40% of the vote in a contest beset by chaos and controversy – and dominated by the Israel-Hamas conflict
Galloway is only interested in promoting himself. He'll always pick the side that will get him the most publicity. Be it IRA, Saddam Hussein, Syria or Palestine.
If everyone was wearing hats, he wouldn't. Just to look different and stand out.
Disgusting specimen.
19I vaguely remembered a quote about him saying he was impressed with Saddam Hussein's indefatigably.
After going to look it up just there to confirm it was him that said it I saw more of the context around it:
Sir, I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability, and I want you to know that we are with you, hatta al-nasr, hatta al-nasr, hatta al-Quds until victory, until victory, until Jerusalem. (https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Galloway)
So whilst I agree that he's out for himself and not someone that I particularly care for, he does seem to have had an interest in that part of the world for the last 30 years or so. This isn't quite the out of the blue political opportunism that some people seem to be suggesting it is.
12Yes it's not out of the blue, he's been a political opportunist for a very long time. The precise type of opportunism depends on exactly which minority lives in whichever by-election constitency he's rolled into most recently.
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Is it bad if someone does something good for selfish reasons? Sure it would be nice if everyone was a paragon of virtue but I'd rather have a smarmy prick trying to stop wars because it strokes his ego than a smooth-taking establishment-backer who won't change the status quo in case it hurts the economy.
7He claimed that he wears a hat following a hammer attack which left him hospitalised and severely scarred.
5He could wear a syrup, but that unless it was a Ronald McDonald type, he wouldn't stand out. A champagne socialist like him could even afford hair transplants.
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Starmer’s party also faced a challenge from another former Labour MP in the form of Simon Danczuk, who was suspended from the party in 2015 after sending inappropriate messages to a teenager. Danczuk, Rochdale’s MP from 2010 to 2017, was standing for Reform UK, the anti-immigration party founded by Nigel Farage.
Reform had fewer votes than the Lib Dem's, that's barely a challenge.
Will this seat be up for re-election during the upcoming General Election, or does it get a pass for being so recent?
5It will be up for re-election, so hopefully this grifter won't be there long.
5Actually the fact that he won't be there long is why labor wasn't massively bothered about removing support. Sure it wasn't great, but it also won't really make any difference in the long run.
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Imagine if he joins forces with Corbyn and brings back Livingston. A proper Workers Against Neoliberale Kleptocrats Electing Radical Socialism party! Starmer would be worried then!
4What a mess this by-election has been. Rochdale can't catch a break.
4Legend.
Good news for once.
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