George Galloway Wins the Rochdale By-Election
Workers Party of Britain candidate wins the Rochdale by-election by almost 6,000 votes
March 1, 2024
29 min
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March 1, 2024
George Galloway Wins the Rochdale By-Election
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<p>Today, we look at the result from the by-election in Rochdale.</p><p>George Galloway from the Workers Party of Britain won with a resounding majority. Independent candidate David Tully came second as Labour and the Conservatives only received just over a quarter of the vote put together to come third and fourth. Is this a clear rejection of Keir Starmer’s position on Gaza?</p><p>Adam is in the studio, Chris is in a bumpy car, and they are joined by pollster, Scarlett Maguire, and North West Tonight Political Editor, Annabel Tiffin. </p><p>You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Gray with Joe Wilkinson and Gemma Roper. The technical producer was Sam Dickinson . The senior news editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.</p>
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