Gary Gibbon
Biradari, Ed Miliband and Bradford
Channel 4 News political editor Gary Gibbon on George Galloway’s victory in the Bradford by-election
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George Galloway on his friend Hugo Chavez
George Galloway, who knew Hugo Chavez well and spent two weeks working on his campaign in Venezuela last year, says the leader stood for the kind of things Labour used to stand for.
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FactCheck: How ‘sensational’ was George Galloway’s win?
There’s no denying that booting Labour out of Bradford West with a 10,000 swing was a sensational win for gorgeous George. But was it the most sensational ever – or has the excitement gone to Mr Galloway’s head? FactCheck trawls through the history books.
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Dramatic Bradford by-election win for George Galloway
The results of the Bradford West by-election produced a 10,000 vote swing to the Respect party in an area Labour has held almost solidly since the early 1970s.
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Galloway wins in Rochdale after campaigning on Gaza and Labour disowns candidate
Now George Galloway’s Workers party of Britain took Rochdale from Labour with forty percent of votes cast.
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Galloway referred to police over parliamentary funds
A complaint against former Respect MP George Galloway over his use of parliamentary funds has been referred to the police, the parliamentary standards watchdog reveals.
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‘Young Muslims defied elders to vote for Galloway’
George Galloway sweeps to a shock victory in the Bradford West by-election, and local people say the win was inspired, in part, by young Muslims going against their Labour-supporting elders.
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Sunak: ‘Our democracy itself is a target’
In a pertinent illustration of how events here in the Middle East spill into other parts of the world, George Galloway, leader of the Workers Party of Britain focused his Rochdale by-election campaign on the Israel-Gaza war.
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Batley and Spen: Keir Starmer declares ‘Labour is back’ after narrow by-election win
Under attack from the left in the shape of an abrasive George Galloway, even Labour loyalists predicted the party would lose in Brexit-backing Batley and Spen.
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Does US need UK to intervene in Iraq?
George Galloway MP says that west should strengthen Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria, but not take direct action. US Ambassador Matthew Barzun says it is a world fight.
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Should Tony Blair be sacked as Middle East envoy?
As a campaign demands Tony Blair be removed from his role as Middle East envoy, Jon Snow asks Respect MP George Galloway and Blair’s former special adviser John McTernan – should he stay or go?
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Yaqoob resigns as Respect party leader
Weeks after she criticised George Galloway’s comments on consensual rape, Respect leader Salma Yaqoob resigns citing a “breakdown in trust” at the top of the party.
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FactCheck: Are the British treating Julian Assange unfairly?
Undermining the British government’s position in the diplomatic stand-off over Julian Assange, the MP George Galloway implied our courts have done something “unprecedented” in order to comply with the Swedish authorities. Setting aside the diplomatic impasse which now finds Mr Assange holed up at the Equadorian embassy, is this a first for Britain? Are we really extraditing someone simply for questioning?
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What to watch out for on election night
Many high-profile Conservatives are at risk of losing their seats, giving us the prospect of many so-called Portillo moments on Thursday night. Our Data Correspondent Ciaran Jenkins has been looking at which constituencies to watch out for as the results come in.
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Batley and Spen by-election: Labour fights to hold off Tory challenge
Labour is fighting to hold off a challenge from the Conservatives in next week’s Batley and Spen by-election.
