The Workers Party may no longer have an MP - but that doesn't mean they're going anywhere
In February, political heavyweight George Galloway landed in Rochdale and put the Workers Party on the map.
The question on everyone’s mind in the aftermath was whether Mr Galloway would stick around and make good on his promise to make Rochdale the base of operations for the party. That has now been answered after the Workers Party said it will open an office on Drake Street to act as their North West HQ.
This resulted in only 151 candidates being fielded in total - a far cry from the 500 promised by the party leader back in March. Going into the election, Mr Galloway stated that the goal was to retain his seat and to steal a few more - but he did admit this would not be easy. “We know, we as a party and George himself, could have done a lot more for the town but he didn’t have enough time to introduce himself before the election. He would’ve been a great benefit if he could have continued with the maternity unit - we had a promise from the health secretary.”
He said the Workers Party manifesto also wants to push equal rights, get more affordable and social housing as well as distribute wealth and power in favour of working people - to name just a few.
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