George Galloway vows his party will take Angela Rayner's seat
George Galloway has been elected as the representative of Rochdale in the House of Commons and is now taking his seat as a Member of Parliament.
As he commenced his role as an MP, George Galloway voiced his desire to remove the deputy leader of the Labour party from their position in Parliament.
The leader of the Workers Party of Britain stated that their party might gain more support than Angela Rayner in her Ashton-under-Lyne constituency in the upcoming election.
After winning the by-election last week, he took an oath as a Member of Parliament.
After the event, he talked with journalists and named additional regions that have significant Muslim communities. He also pledged to secure a victory or prevent Keir Starmer from winning.
He identified the deputy leader of the Labour Party's seat as a goal, stating that there are around 15,000 individuals who share his point of view in her constituency.
In 2003, Mr Galloway was kicked out of the Labour party due to his opinions on the Iraq war. He recently claimed that his victory in Rochdale was in support of Gaza.
After he was inaugurated, the 69-year-old stated various important issues that affect the local area. He informed reporters that his initial statement in Parliament would be concerning Gaza. Additionally, he expressed his desire to speak at this week's Prime Minister's Questions.
During an interview with the BBC, a question was asked about whether Hamas should be in charge of Gaza. However, Hamas is considered a terrorist organization by many countries, including the UK, US and Israel. The person being interviewed felt like the question was full of a superior attitude from the interviewer and asked if it was up to the UK or BBC to decide who should have control over Gaza instead.
Personally, I did not support Hamas. Instead, I have been a supporter of Arafat since the 1970s. However, the majority of the people chose Hamas. I believe that it is not beneficial for foreign nations to interfere in the internal matters of other countries.
In free English, the blog section can be written as: When asked about Israel, he replied that the country exists, but it's not his decision to make. However, he also raised a valid point that no state has the right to exist, not even powerful countries like the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He also expressed his support for the Oslo Agreement but mentioned that he is still waiting for a Palestinian state to be established.
In his first talk, Mr Galloway brought up the Holocaust and claimed that a genocide is currently happening. He questioned whether people would judge him for making the Holocaust a focal point of his campaign if the by-election took place in 1940 or 41.
One of the examples provided in the working definition of antisemitism by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) is the act of comparing present Israeli policies to those of the Nazis.
The main purpose of the IHRA definition is to bring to light how some forms of speech are directed towards Jewish individuals, and this also encompasses verbal assaults towards Israel, above and beyond the critiques that would be made against any other nation.
Earlier, Mr. Galloway expressed a defensive sentiment upon his arrival at Westminster. He stated that he has a fondness for the building itself, but he doesn't quite feel the same way about the people inside it.
Expressing a similar sentiment, Bim Afolami, a Conservative politician, stated on Good Morning Britain on ITV that: "We have no choice but to tolerate him, which is ultimately the responsibility of the Labour party."
Before proceeding with business at the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle administered Mr Galloway's oath.
Peter Bottomley, the Father of the House, accompanied him along with Neale Hanvey, who leads the Alba Party in Westminster.
On Thursday's by-election, Mr Galloway emerged as the winner with a decisive victory. This occurred after the Labour party withdrew their support for Azhar Ali, their candidate because of comments that were believed to be discriminatory towards Jews.
During a disorderly campaign triggered by the passing of Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd, independent and local entrepreneur Dave Tully triumphed over mainstream parties to claim second position, while they were pushed down to third place.
Before 2003, Mr Galloway was a Member of Parliament for the Labour party. Following that, he served as an independent and also became a Member of Parliament for the Respect Party for three different areas from 2003 to 2015.
Sir Keir Starmer, the head of the Labour Party, stated that Mr Galloway's victory in Rochdale was solely due to the fact that Labour abandoned their own candidate roughly two weeks prior to the election.
Sir Keir expressed his apologies to the voters for the choice that made Labour abandon the competition in adherence to the electoral law, but he also stated that the decision was the appropriate one.
For quite some time, Mr Galloway has been actively advocating for Middle Eastern issues. When he delivered his victory speech in Rochdale, the very first words he uttered were aimed at Keir Starmer with the statement "This is for Gaza".
After his triumph, the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) expressed their unease towards Mr. Galloway's win, denouncing his appalling track of harassing the Jewish community. He even made an outrageous demand to declare Bradford an "Israel-free zone" during his time as an MP in the area.
The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, expressed his distress over the reports of harassment during a campaign that he deemed to be one of the most divisive in recent history.
