Batley and Spen by-election: Galloway pledges to fight result in court

The Telegraph published this video item, entitled “Batley and Spen by-election: Galloway pledges to fight result in court” – below is their description.

George Galloway, who came third in the Batley and Spen by-election, said he would apply to have the result set aside by the courts after he claims his campaign was damaged by a “false statement”.

The Labour Party has held on to the constituency of Batley and Spen in a tense by-election that threatened to push another of the party’s stronghold seats to Boris Johnson’s Conservatives.

Sir Keir Starmer’s party won in Batley on Friday morning with a tiny majority of 323, a huge reduction the previous Labour majority of 3,525 under the former MP Tracey Brabin.

Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/07/02/batley-spen-by-election-labour-cling-seat-323-votes/

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