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Pro-Palestinian firebrand Galloway wins Rochdale by-election in blow for UK Labour (www.politico.eu)

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[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I don't think it's really a blow for Labour, given their withdrawal of support for their own candidate.

Had they had a normal by-election campaign and still lost to Galloway, then that would be a blow. This is just weird circumstance, and a political opportunist making the most of it.