George Galloway accused of ‘using’ Rochdale’s Muslim community A renegade candidate and Labour in turmoil — all eyes are on next week’s by-election as recent events make the result anything but a foregone conclusion

(Jewish News) Muslim voters in the Greater Manchester by-election town of Rochdale this week openly expressed fears to Jewish News that the veteran anti-Zionist campaigner George Galloway is “using us” as he attempts to secure victory in the polls.

One local businessman, who identified himself as being of British-Palestinian background, said he had been visiting his family in Gaza for a wedding at the same time of the 7 October atrocity in southern Israel.

The man pointed directly toward a campaign poster urging voters to back the outspoken former MP in the 29 February by-election and opined: “You know we’ve got George Galloway? … I think he’s using us.”

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