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What on earth is going on in the Rochdale byelection?

Today in Focus

The Guardian

News, Daily News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

An antisemitism row has led to Labour withdrawing its support for its candidate; a disgraced former Labour MP is running for Reform – and a political troublemaker is back. Helen Pidd reports on the chaos. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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Non-HSPC fees may apply. Labor wanted this by election to be fought on local issues, cost of living,

1:07.8

NHS, sorting out Rochdale Town Center and yet events thousands of miles away in the Middle East have

1:15.0

absolutely dominated this contest.

1:17.7

On February 29th one town in Greater Manchester will be voting in its new MP.

1:24.8

It's a seat that the Labour Party might have comfortably expected to win

1:29.4

had its position on Palestine not thrown the race into total disarray.

1:34.4

While I understand calls for a ceasefire at this stage,

1:39.4

I do not believe that it is the correct position now.

1:44.3

Firstly to do with Kair Starma's remarks his refusal to back an immediate ceasefire

1:49.3

and then of course with the arrival of George Galloway who has just decided that he's going to try and win the

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