About 20s I think. 400s has been matched.

George is getting many more votes from the Batley part rather than the Spen part of the constiuency. He won't win but is likely to influence the result.

I would be surprised if he got say 20%+ of the share of the vote but of course, he has surprised before.

As there is a good chance it smells and tastes of strong curry, possibly.

PP -go on then give us a sample .

the hard left london corbynista,s are behind it,george doesnt give a foook about people in batley but wants corbyn reinstating in labour party/whip back

Could be worth opposing the Tories at short odds given Boris appears to be leaving Hancock in place. Or maybe people dont care?

Labour are struggling to come second at this point I believe!

Oh for the days when Starmer people were bigging up Starmer @ 2/1 for next pm

Being replaced this year might be worth a punt.

Didn't Corbyn have to get re-elected? If Starmer does as badly as I'm hearing, he will be under an awful lot of pressure.

These are crazy times obviously so the Hancock shenanigans may have changed things.

Apparently Galloway is getting traction on the ground. It doesn't really appeal to me as a betting event, certainly not at the current market.

In an interview with the journalist Rod Liddle, who is campaigning in Batley, he stated that the people he had  contacted gave a clear impression that Galloway could come second. Every muslim he had spoken to was voting for George. This is a 19% demographic, though that figure includes minors. After deducting non voters that could be a good 8%+ block. There's also the possibility that normal Labour voters could see a way of undermining Starmer by switching to Galloway. That has been his widely publicised position for running in the election and there could be a lot of former Corbyn types who will go along with that. Hopefully we will gwt an updated poll this week. Things have changed a lot since the last Survation and that was a phone poll of only 324 with a considerable margin of error.

If that was correct, no reason it isn't, would not that suggest that the tories must be certainties to win.

Smarkets have a market up, Labour v Galloway.

Hancock's shenanigans will surely bite there. Galloway could even be worth a poke, not a market I could take short prices in. Low turnout a distinct possibility.

Not just a Labour problem, it's a problem for all 'progressive' types. They want to support gays and Muslims, one of these groups want the others dead. This will not change in any of our lifetimes and the progressives will be forced to choose a side eventually.

No chance of a labour win, George has seen to that.

i thought the brown vote only voted for labour because labour put on taxis treated them to a 3 course meal etc according to nigel farage et al,is gorgeous george  doing the same or is this an admission thats always been a load of right wing media shoite,

There is a 20% muslim base in this constituency. I guess most of them would normally vote Labour. Lets suppose that George is able to get three quarters of that vote, so 15% of the constituency electorate. I am not clear who else would vote for him? So that puts him on 15%, Labour on probably around 30%, tories on around 47% and 8% others.  Any thoughts on this please?

From the Daily Mail...

A senior Tory source involved in the campaign said: 'We are worried about Galloway. The question mark is all about turnout.

'We have got to get our vote out, and we should win it. I think Galloway will hoover up the Muslim vote - almost all of it.

'He should get around 12,000 votes - although it depends on turnout. If we get 14,000 we should be alright. Labour look like getting 6,000.

'Galloway is the threat. Labour is f*****.'

They added: 'No doubt about it, I think Galloway has destroyed the Labour Party in this seat.'

dont think batley and spen will be going on the bucket list for a visit