immediate humanitarian ceasefire that is reflective of where the international community is on that now. labourwants international community is on that now. labour wants to be part of the government, wants to be allied with countries around the world the likes of the united states, australia, new zealand. but, yeah, this no doubt was probably in some sense the result that keir starmer would have hoped for, in this by election the worst possible outcome. he by-election - the worst possible outcome. . , , by-election - the worst possible outcome. . , , by-election - the worst possible outcome. . , , ,, ., ~ outcome. he was saying rishi sunak and sir keir outcome. he was saying rishi sunak and sir keir starmer outcome. he was saying rishi sunak and sir keir starmer needed - outcome. he was saying rishi sunak and sir keir starmer needed to - outcome. he was saying rishi sunaki and sir keir starmer needed to think about what happened and the fact that he had won how
after george galloway comes local man david tully, who finished second receiving 21.3% of the votes, beating the conservative candidate paul ellison, the absent former labour candidate azhar ali and the liberal democrat candidate iain donaldson. reform uk thought they d do better. the leader richard tice is saying the by election was not free and fair , claiming campaigners suffered abuse and death threats. 0ur political correspondent peter saull reports from rochdale i do hereby declare that george galloway is duly elected. george galloway is nothing if not persistent. 37 years after he was first elected as a labour mp, he is on his way back to parliament determined to be a thorn in his former party s side. this is going to spark a movement, a landslide, a shifting of the tectonic plates in scores of parliamentary constituencies, beginning here in the north west. in the west midlands, in london, from ilford to bethnal green and bow, labour is on notice that they have lost t
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 labour s 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 wouldn t 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
voters who loyally and traditionally voted for them generation after generation. i have heard some of the narrative being spun around this election result this evening. yes, it s true that every muslim is bitterly angry at keir starmer and his misnamed labor party. but you would be very foolish if you didn t realise that millions of other citizens of our country are, too. keir starmer and rishi sunak are two chicks of the same backside. and they got well and truly spanked tonight here in rochdale. cheeks. finally i congratulate david tellis on his remarkable achievement. applause his on his remarkable achievement. applaus: , ., , applause his remarkable achievement in cominu applause his remarkable achievement in coming second applause his remarkable achievement in coming second in applause his remarkable achievement in coming second in this applause his remarkable achievement in coming second in this by-election . in coming second in this by election and trust that
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 it s cold. towards the east we see clear skies and a frost into tomorrow morning, may be some mist and fog too