For his reaction to the by election. Well, to be frank, i m pleased that this whole sorry saga has come to an end now. It has been a very difficult and messy process. I m very pleased that we took rapid and robust action in terms of our candidate and the number one priority for us now in rochdale will be to select a strong candidate who will take the seat for labour and we will take the seat for labour and we will have a labour mp at the General Election that we can be proud of. That s Stephen Kinnock of labour. Well, let s head to the rochdale by Election Centre and our Political Correspondent is there. I mentioned an independent candidate looks to be doing well and he s with you. Yes. I m with david tully, a name you ve probably never come across in politics before. David, tell me your story, first and foremost. Why did you first decide to stand in this by election . You first decide to stand in this bitelection . You first decide to stand in this b election . ~ ,. , ~. , byelection
Respected labour mp, sir tony lloyd. On paper, it should have been relatively straightforward for labour to win. Labour has won there for the past 1a years. Azhar ali won the contest to be labours candidate and appeared as their candidate on the ballot paper. But Labour Disowned and suspended him over remarks widely alleged to be anti semitic. He said sorry for what he said. George galloway won the Bradford West By Election in 2012 another constituency with a significant Muslim Population he is standing. His critics accuse him of Stoking Division in towns he previously has had little to do with. In a campaign with a heavy focus on the plight of people in gaza, he said he offers a voice to people who otherwise wouldnt have one. He is a former labour mp and a former respect mp. His campaign was focused on the 30 of the constituency which is muslim. Simon danczuk is claiming to be a real alternative. He is the reform uk candidate, which used to be the brexit party, and he was the mp for r
Three times the average february rainfall. The general situation as we head into the start of march is it will stay unsettled, so wet and windy again at times but what you will notice is how much colder it will notice is how much colder it will feel for the rest of the week. Frosty nights and some of that rain will turn to snow, particularly above 200 metres and tomorrow that will include the Higher Ground of northern ireland, the mountains of wales, some of that could move to the Southern Uplands by the end of the Southern Uplands by the end of the day. Overnight tonight the rain clears away from east anglia, this deep area of low pressure will push northwards and eastwards, some of the rain likely to turn to snow over the rain likely to turn to snow over the hills and some heavy downpours of rain across wales and south west england. Blustery through the channel and its cold. Towards the east we see clear skies and a frost into tomorrow morning, may be some mist and fog too. The rain
Interpretation. But nonetheless, its because of the withdrawal of the official Labour Candidate that weve seen George Galloway be able to come in and, as i say, we assume win tonight. D0 to come in and, as i say, we assume win tonight win tonight. Do you think, as we look ahead win tonight. Do you think, as we look ahead to win tonight. Do you think, as we look ahead to a win tonight. Do you think, as we look ahead to a general win tonight. Do you think, as we | look ahead to a General Election, there is going to be a lot more scrutiny on the candidates put forward, approximate particularly with the era of social media were in and all of the vitriol that you see flying around on social media . Its a really good question, whether its its a really good question, whether its social media or whether its camera phones, the world of technology has changed and the degree of Public Scrutiny to which our candidates and elected officials are subjected to. And of course were now entering a stage