Paul Waugh is the Labour candidate hoping to be elected as the next MP for Rochdale
This time four months ago, Rochdale was going into a by-election without a Labour candidate actually standing.
"I was narrowly beaten to that selection but I think what people appreciated is that I didn’t just walk off and take my bat and ball away, I stuck around and campaigned for people in the local elections. Until recently, Rochdale was relatively safe territory for Labour, with the parliamentary seat held by Sir Tony Lloyd, who enjoyed a majority of nearly 15,000.
“I was born in Birch Hill hospital and grew up in Spotland right next to the football club, the club I love. The floodlights stream into the bedroom. “That has been my mission through this, to put Rochdale first, that is really important. I will always put the town first and the party second.” “But the fact is that I’m not a career politician, he is. He is a protest politician and he’s very good at that, don’t get me wrong, but he’s not so good at delivering on his promises.”
And, according to Mr Waugh, the current Rochdale MP “talks a lot but delivers little”, although he admitted he would say that about a political rival. The Labour Friends of Palestine group member added: "I was delighted that our manifesto spelled out very clearly a strong support for the state of Palestine, something that was long overdue. Labour is committed to this, it wants an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages and the upholding of international law as well as much more aid.
During his time as a journalist and more recently on the doorsteps campaigning, he says he has been told stories of children being rushed to hospital to get teeth removed and older people suffering on cancer treatment waiting lists.
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