Sir Keir Starmer has said that George Galloway only won the Rochdale by-election because Labour didn't stand a candidate, as he vowed to fight back at the general election.
Sir Keir Starmer has said that George Galloway only won the Rochdale by-election because Labour didn't stand a candidate, as he vowed to fight back at the general election. The Labour leader said his party would field a "first-class candidate" in the general election, likely to be this autumn, after losing Thursday's by-election in the Greater Manchester constituency.
""Your abandonment of traditional Labour values, your embrace of neoliberal economics and imperialist politics abroad is going to be the death of your party and it richly deserves it." A Labour Party spokesperson said: “We deeply regret that the Labour party was unable to field a candidate in this by-election and apologise to the people of Rochdale. George Galloway only won because Labour did not stand.
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