‘A total, total disaster’: Galloway and Danczuk gear up for Rochdale showdown

Two former Labour MPs are back to haunt the party in what has been called the most radioactive byelection in living memory'

Every day at 10am George Galloway rallies his troops at a Suzuki showroom just outside Rochdale town centre. In one room, boxes of leaflets are piled high against second-hand cars. In another, he takes his campaign to the airwaves.

Earlier this week when MPs raised fears for their safety amid the increasingly fraught votes on Gaza, Galloway told thousands of supporters online that the names of Keir Starmer's team were dripping in blood".