By-election and local authority results.

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Wyllow3

Galloway is a throughly nasty piece of work - amongst other matters, he is homophobic, (ref, Mail, Guardian, Independent) which won't go down well with the left of the L party.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/george-galloway-labour-rochdale-parliament-celebrity-big-brother-b2505146.html

He's dodgy on Ukraine as well
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/george-galloway-uk-moscow-attack-isis-obama-russia-b2519381.html

Yes there are divisions in both parties

Not sure how your post leads to your conclusion?

They don't. Senior moment, the last sentence belongs to the general situation

Casdon

I think Wyllow is right, Galloway was saying the other day that he is in negotiations with ‘several’ . Labour MPs to defect to his party.
If that happens I doubt Starmer will shed any tears though, because they are better out than in. I just hope if they are going they have the balls to do it now before the candidates for the election are finalised. To be fair, I hope that any Tories planning to defect to Reform do the same thing, so that everybody who is voting knows exactly who they are voting for.

I agree.

Galloway could say it was daylight and I would check outside myself. He is not to be believed nor to be trusted.

He is a dangerous man, and always has been. Actually if I had to pick I would choose Farage over Galloway I think.

If you want a laugh, how about this suggestion from Dame Andrea Jenkins on GB News. I’ve heard it all now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv7_7kESdyo

You know things are going badly wrong when this is the Green Party councillor. What has any of this to do with a local election or the environment? We are heading down a slippery slope.

Galloway will no doubt be spreading conspiracy theories on Israel to his supporters who will believe him. He will seek to divide

I suspect Rishi is an embarrassment to Ben Houchen but to be fair Ben has never hid the fact that he is a Conservative. He won based on his past performance and is well respected in the local area. He has always said he will not promise anything that he cannot deliver and this always goes down well with the electorate.

Whitewavemark2

Dickens

Just heard on the news (brief news bulletin) that Sunak is going to continue to deliver to the British people...

It all appears to rest on the Rwanda 'initiative'.

So far 1 person has flown to Rwanda.

He was a failed asylum seeker who was due to be deported, but instead the Tories persuaded him to fly to Rwanda with £3000 in his pocket and the promise to house, feed and provide medical care for 5 years the total cost will be in excess of £150k.

He was a failed asylum seeker who was due to be deported, but instead the Tories persuaded him to fly to Rwanda with £3000 in his pocket and the promise to house, feed and provide medical care for 5 years the total cost will be in excess of £150k.

I understand Rwanda is supposed to act as a deterrent - but for some, the option of £3000 and housing, feeding and medical care... might it not actually be a draw?

It is all a nonsense!

World events should have little bearing in local elections.
Local councillors are elected to serve the local people, to provide the best local services they can with the money they are allotted.

This is becoming a nonsense.

Anyway, for those who like snooker (I think snooker is like watching paint dry but DH is watching it) I found this online:

The caption is *'To put the political situation in terms you'll understand, there are lots of red balls but only one blue one'