{"id":1647,"date":"2024-03-01T16:13:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T16:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/starmer-apologises-to-rochdale-after-galloway-win\/"},"modified":"2024-03-01T16:13:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T16:13:39","slug":"starmer-apologises-to-rochdale-after-galloway-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/starmer-apologises-to-rochdale-after-galloway-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer apologises to Rochdale after Galloway win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starmer apologises to Rochdale after Galloway win<\/p>\n

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Sir Keir Starmer has apologised to voters in Rochdale for disowning Labour’s by-election candidate but insisted it was “the right decision”.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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George Galloway stormed to victory in the contest, with Labour’s suspended candidate Azhar Ali a distant fourth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Galloway described the result as Sir Keir’s “worst nightmare”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Labour leader said Mr Galloway had only won because Labour had withdrawn support for Mr Ali over remarks widely alleged to be antisemitic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Independent candidate David Tully – a local businessman – came a surprise second, beating the Conservatives into third place. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In his victory speech, Mr Galloway, leader of the Workers Party of Britain, described Sir Keir and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as “two cheeks of the same backside and they both got well and truly spanked tonight here in Rochdale”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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