Next election will be about Muslims, says Galloway
by Amy Gibbons, Telegraph:
‘Muslims and Gaza’ are ‘wedge issue’ Sunak intends to use as his ‘only hope of re-election’, says new Rochdale MP.
The next election will be about Muslims, George Galloway said as he was sworn into the Commons as the new MP for Rochdale.
The controversial politician said it was “clear” to him that Rishi Sunak had identified “Muslims and Gaza” as the “wedge issue” that he intended to use as his “only hope of re-election”.
He vowed to target Angela Rayner’s Ashton-under-Lyne seat, claiming to have “at least 15,000 supporters” in the Greater Manchester constituency – enough to overturn the deputy Labour leader’s majority of about 4,000.
At an impromptu press conference after his swearing-in ceremony, he also urged Jeremy Corbyn to launch and lead an alliance of “socialist, progressive and anti-war organisations”.
Mr Galloway, the leader of the Workers Party of Britain and a former Labour MP, stormed to victory in the Rochdale by-election last week, having courted the town’s substantial Muslim vote on a pro-Palestinian ticket.
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