EXCLUSIVE: Rochdale's new MP might go for Andy Burnham's job
George Galloway is considering standing against Andy Burnham, the Manchester Evening News can reveal. The new Rochdale MP who won a by-election two weeks ago is now looking at running to be Greater Manchester's mayor.
He is now thinking about entering the race to become Greater Manchester's mayor in May. He has told the M.E.N. that if he stands for mayor, he would run on a platform of getting a 'better deal' for the city's surrounding towns.The Workers Party of Britain leader put the war in Gaza front and centre of his by-election campaign in which he won the support of many members of the town's Muslim community. During the campaign, he told the M.E.N.
He said: "This town, which was once one of the most prosperous in England, is now one of the poorest, abandoned not just by the government but abandoned by the Mayor of Greater Manchester for whom I have no animus - quite the contrary, at least until recent weeks. Asked by the M.E.N. whether he is considering standing against Mr Burnham in May, Mr Galloway said: "If I stand it would be on a platform of a better deal for Manchester's surrounding towns. Andy Burnham has been seduced by the undoubtedly bright lights of the metropolis. But it's fairly dark and austere out here in 'Greater' Manchester."
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