‘Full non-starter’: Jeremy Corbyn allies snub George Galloway’s plea for political pact with ex-Labour chief | Politics Information

George Galloway’s hopes of recruiting Jeremy Corbyn to his get together have been dashed after sources near the previous Labour chief dismissed the thought he would be part of forces with the newly-elected MP for Rochdale.

Upon getting into parliament final week following his controversial victory within the Rochdale by-election, Mr Galloway appealed to Mr Corbyn to “launch and lead” a brand new alliance of socialists and questioned why he had “procrastinated for therefore lengthy” about his political future.

However sources near Mr Corbyn – who stays suspended from the parliamentary Labour Celebration – have informed Sky Information Mr Galloway and Mr Corbyn working collectively was “by no means going to occur”.

A former aide informed Sky Information: “Galloway desires Jeremy to be the chief of some new nice motion, however I do not assume Jeremy would do this. He would not want Galloway’s baggage.”

They added: “George and Jeremy could have spoken on the identical rallies through the Iraq struggle, however they haven’t ever been shut comrades. George Galloway is a lone wolf – it is how he operates.”

One other supply branded the thought Mr Corbyn may be part of Mr Galloway’s Employees Celebration as a “full non-starter”.

“They could agree over Gaza however they’ve completely totally different politics. It would not be in Jeremy’s pursuits.”

A spokesperson for Mr Corbyn declined to remark. Mr Galloway has been approached for remark.

Mr Galloway, a former Labour MP who was expelled from the get together in 2003, received the Rochdale by-election final week on a pro-Gaza platform that earned him a majority of 5,697 votes.

In contrast, Labour – which had beforehand held the seat below the late Sir Tony Lloyd – got here fourth with simply 2,402 votes after the get together was compelled to abandon help for its candidate following an antisemitism row.

Mr Galloway has been strongly important of Sir Keir Starmer’s place on the battle, accusing him in his victory speech of “enabling, encouraging and masking for the disaster presently happening in occupied Palestine within the Gaza strip”.

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He claimed his election was going to “spark a motion, a landslide, a shifting of the tectonic plates in scores of parliamentary constituencies”.

Shortly earlier than he was sworn in as an MP within the Commons, Mr Galloway urged Mr Corbyn to make a “ultimate complete break with Labour” in an interview with the left-leaning YouTube channel Not the Andrew Marr Present.

He admitted he had not spoken with Mr Corbyn in “a few years” and stated he didn’t know why “he has procrastinated so lengthy in making a ultimate complete break with Labour and main one thing himself.”

“If he was right here now, I’d say to him, ‘You noticed what occurred [in Rochdale]. Arrange, announce an alliance of the remaining socialists within the nation. You lead it, I am going to help it, you may be the chief, and let’s go. Time is working out.'”

He added: “He should keep away from being a losing asset. He’s a really appreciable asset and everybody loves him. However he needs to be cautious that he would not waste the remaining alternative that he has.

“If he will not, we are going to run ourselves – we’ll help independence the place we do not run ourselves, and we’ll do this, however we will probably be weaker due to the absence of Jeremy Corbyn on the head of it.”

Mr Corbyn sits as an unbiased MP within the Commons after he was suspended from the parliamentary Labour Celebration over his response to a damning report into how antisemitism complaints had been dealt with below his management.

Sir Keir has been adamant there may be no route again for Mr Corbyn into the parliamentary get together and that he will be unable to face for Labour on the subsequent election – growing the probability he will stand as an unbiased in his constituency of Islington North, a seat he has held since 1983.

One Labour MP stated they believed Mr Galloway had “ulterior motives” in asking Mr Corbyn to affix his get together – one thing they stated the latter could be “silly to do”.

“He is set Corbyn a problem he know he will not be capable of step as much as,” they defined.

“He is making an attempt to make Jeremy a proposal he cannot refuse and if he would not take up that provide, I feel Galloway will make out that Corbyn is the issue. Galloway desires to be the massive boy of the left, he desires Jeremy’s 2.5m followers on social media.

“He desires to be the kingmaker of the left – however Galloway is for Galloway and nothing else.”