Unfortunately his party are climate change deniers... So that's a bit disappointing

GALLOWAY: "Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak are two cheeks of the same backside, and they both got well and truly spanked tonight!"

He was my local (Bradford) MP and he was absolutely useless. The main has a fragile ego and is totally dedicated to himself. He is an opportunist politician and Rochdale will suffer for it.

I'm sorry Rochdale, it's going to be a rough few years...

Hard to tell if Labour lost support for running an anti-Semitic candidate, or if they lost support for disowning him shortly before the election. He was going to end up independent even if he won.

Be interesting to see if he can keep that seat in the general election which must surely come this year. Probably depends on George being a decent hardworking MP for the locals, rather than going on TV pretending to be a cat again. Probably also depends on how long Israel attack Gaza for. Doesn't show any signs of getting better so far.

I can't see Labour remaining pro-Israel. They've got way too many Muslims supporting them to risk that, while at the same time the anti-Semite allegations that have plagued Labour for decades hang over them. Just about anything they do risks upsetting someone.

I don't think it's really a blow for Labour, given their withdrawal of support for their own candidate.

Had they had a normal by-election campaign and still lost to Galloway, then that would be a blow. This is just weird circumstance, and a political opportunist making the most of it.

Would you like me to be the cat?