An antisemitism row has led to Labour withdrawing its support for its candidate; a disgraced former Labour MP is running for Reform – and a political troublemaker is back. Helen Pidd reports on the chaos It was all supposed to be so different. Labour was riding high in the polls and expecting to comfortably win the byelection in Rochdale. Then came the Gaza war and Muslim voters began turning against the party. Next, political agitator George Galloway turned up to try to capture those votes. And finally came even worse news – remarks by the Labour party’s candidate in Rochdale...