Galloway takes oath as MP in the House of Commons

Left-wing politician and former Labor MP George Galloway has been sworn in on Monday as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons. 

He has previously represented seats in Glasgow, east London and Bradford, and is now the MP for Rochdale for the Workers' Party of Britain.

The seat was previously held by Labor, but the party withdrew support for its candidate Azhar Ali over remarks widely alleged to be ''antisemitic''.

Sir Tony Lloyd, a Labor MP for Rochdale, died recently. A by-election was held in the seat last Thursday (February 29) to fill in the seat. Galloway won a big victory in the election.

On Monday in the parliament Galloway was flanked by Alba Party member Neale Hanvey and by the Father of the House, Conservative MP Peter Bottomley.

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