It seems leap year 2024 has delivered Galloway’s true love – public prominence, adulation from the faithful, and the opportunity to show case his oratory skills. Yes folks, 29th February 2024 George Galloway wiped Labour off the face of Rochdale to become its Member of Parliament.
I am not sure what this says about the people of Rochdale, but then, was this not also the place that tolerated the grooming gangsviolating white vulnerable girls?They kept voting for Labour for decades whilst this wholesale abuse of their own girls was taking place right in front of their noses.
The debate thereafter has focussed on the Muslim vote and its power to dictate the outcome of elections. Rochdale was based totally on Gaza, and the candidate that was willing to support the Palestinian cause, as well as the madness of the ‘hate marches’ was given the vote.
Galloway was not shy. He is never shy. The gall of Galloway being that he openly stated this election was for Gaza. That he stood for Gaza. However, let’s dig a bit deeper and understand if there is anything of relevance that this election showcases before the General Election.
Rochdale Results
Election Candidate Party Votes %
George Galloway Workers Party of Britain 12335 40%
David Anthony Tully Independent 6638 21%
Paul Simon Ellison The Conservative Party 3731 12%
Azhar Ali Labour Party 2402 8%
Iain Donaldson Liberal Democrats 2164 7%
Simon Christopher Danczuk Reform UK 1968 6%
The turnout was ONLY 39.7%, compared to a 60.1% turnout in the General Election.
Let’s look at the profile of Rochdale itself as reflected in the 2012 census:
Ethnicity:
White 74%
Asian 19%
Black 4%
Mixed 2%
Other 2%
So Rochdale is predominantly a white area. It forces one to conclude that it was this white area that elected George Galloway. It was this white area that saw white girls being sexually abused by grooming gangs of Pakistani heritage. It is this white area that has allowed a pro-Gaza candidate to win a by election and be their legal representative in Parliament.
It seems to me the people of Rochdale need to hang their collective heads in shame for allowing this madness in their name. There is no excuse for not voting. The people of Rochdale cannot abdicate their civic duty by not taking part in such an important by-election and then claim they did not elect Galloway. There is only one truth, Galloway won the election fair and square. He became the MP for Rochdale because the people of that town elected him. It is that simple. How often in history do we have to remind people that often it is their silence and non-participation that allows the extremists and the unsavoury characters in our society to seek out a platform to promote hatred and discord.
There are extremist Islamist groups in the UK have jumped on the bandwagon of the Rochdale election. They claim that they will control more than 40 seats at the next General Election. Whilst this extreme element is united, I am not sure the rest of the Muslim community will all ditch their allegiance to the Labour Party. It will certainly fracture that vote giving us outcomes that are difficult to calculate.
At the same time Galloway has stated his party will contest 60 seats. The Reform Party is determined to contest every Tory seat and take votes away from them. It seems GE24 will see minor parties who may yield enough clout to take away sufficient votes away from the major parties and put a significant number of seats in state of flux. What you see in the polls might not be representative of what might transpire at the grassroots at election time.
One thing is for sure, the outcome of the next election might be the make or break for Britain. Do we go down the route of a government that is ready to side with the extremists across the world at the detriment of Britain? A government that may promote the ‘hate marchers’ with anarchy on our streets? A government that will pander to the illegals rather than those who wish to respect our laws.Maybe GE24 will give this nation an opportunity to seriously think about its moralsand values, and how these will be respected by all our citizens. That is the civic contract between state and the people.
