‘This is for Gaza’: George Galloway’s warning shot to Keir Starmer and Labour after winning Rochdale by-election

(LBC) George Galloway has issued a warning shot to Sir Keir Starmer after he stormed to victory in yesterday’s by-election in Rochdale.

The by-election was called after the death of Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd last month.

Labour had initially expected a straightforward path to victory, but that changed when it emerged that its candidate, Azhar Ali, had pushed anti-Israel conspiracies.

That cleared the path to victory for Galloway, a former Labour MP, who described the by-election as a “poll on Gaza” as he appealed to Rochdale’s predominantly Muslim population.

Speaking to LBC after his victory, Galloway said he would give Starmer a “piece of my mind” if he bumped into him in Parliament.

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