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Veteran left-wing political maverick George Galloway won a vote to become the new lawmaker for the English town of Rochdale on Friday, vowing to be a thorn in the side for the opposition Labour Party before a national election it is tipped to win.

After running a pro-Palestinian campaign, Galloway won over many of Rochdale's Muslim community by attacking both Labour and Britain's governing Conservatives for supporting Israel in its war against Hamas, making a foreign conflict the major issue - unusual in a by-election when local concerns usually dominate.

Elected to parliament for the seventh time, Galloway will be an irritant to Labour, a party he once belonged to before being ejected for criticising then-prime minister Tony Blair over the Iraq war.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Shame he's apparently an anti trans brexiteer who promised to 'make Rochdale great again'

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

There's very little that's left wing about him, he is a straight up alt-right shit lord.