'Keir Starmer, this is for Gaza'

Former Labour MP George Galloway secured the position of lawmaker for the English town of Rochdale on Friday in an impressive victory with 12,335 votes, 39.7% of the total, surpassing predictions and establishing a significant 5,697-vote majority. This marks Galloway's seventh parliamentary win, and poses a challenge to Labour, a party he was once part of. Galloway was expelled from the party for criticizing then-Prime Minister Tony Blair over the Iraq war. Galloway has pledged to be a vocal advocate for Gaza in parliament, challenging Labour's evolving stance on the war that initially included full backing for the Israeli occupation, followed by a shift toward calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.