George Galloway has declared that "this is the moment to declare an alternative to Starmer" as he vowed to disrupt the general election.
The Rochdale MP appeared on Breakfast to discuss his determination to oust the Labour Party by having someone from The Workers' Party stand in most of the constituencies in the upcoming vote.
Speaking on GB News Galloway said: "We've already got 500 candidates, so we thought this was the moment to declare to the country that there is an alternative to Keir Starmer, if you are a Labour voter, and all the signs are there's a very big market for that.
“The kind of Labour we have now is Tony Blair without the laughs, without the polish, led by an automaton so wooden the birds are nesting in him, and up to his neck in the Gaza slaughter.
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“So, there's actually a lot of people looking for an alternative like us and we've put together candidates that you will find difficult to believe. Monty Panesar, for example, the ace English cricketer is going to stand for us in Southall.
“We’ve got people from the Tory party, UKIP, Labour, Liberal Democrat, where we're building a coalition of people that want a change in Britain. And I think there's a lot of people looking for that change.”
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In a discussion with Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster, he continued: “We don't expect anything from the Conservatives.
"Rishi Sunak the billionaire is sitting there with the green card in his pocket. He's off to California. His mind is on the beach…
“We don't expect anything from the Conservatives but there are millions of people, traditional Labour voters that are entitled to something better.
“We believe Britain deserves better than the two cheeks of the same backside that are currently on offer.”
George Galloway won the Rochdale by-electionPAHe added: “We want to make the Red Wall red again.
"We want to return the voting patterns in these parts of Britain that were let down by Labour, fooled by Boris Johnson, and may want now to correct things by voting for the real deal.”
The controversial MP was elected earlier this year and in his victory speech slammed both Keir Starmer and PM Rishi Sunak.
The UK must hold a general election by January 2025, but many expect one to be called later this year, with Sunak confirming it will be in the latter half of the year.
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Rishi Sunak called George Galloway's by-election win "beyond alarming" and said the Workers Party of Britain MP "dismisses the horror of what happened on October 7".
The Prime Minister was not alone in his concerns about the former Labour MP's return to the House of Commons.
Sir Keir Starmer apologised to voters for the result in Rochdale, and said Mr Galloway "only won because Labour didn't stand a candidate".