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Galloway odds-on favourite in Rochdale by-election after Labour disowns its candidate for his conspiracist and anti-semitic remarks
GEORGE GALLOWAY is now odds-on favourite to be the next MP for Rochdale as Labour’s candidate in the pending by-election was belatedly disowned by the party.
Councillor Azhar Ali will still be on the ballot paper as Labour since nominations have closed, but he was officially dropped by the Starmer leadership after the revelation of a string of conspiracist and anti-semitic remarks secretly recorded.
This appears to clear a path to victory for Mr Galloway in an increasingly farcical by-election campaign.
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