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George Galloway has claimed he is in defection talks with “several” Labour MPs and other elected party officials, warning Sir Keir could be hit with major losses over his stance on Israel and Gaza.

Speaking this morning, Mr Galloway claimed: “I can confirm that there are several Labour members of Parliament, one Labour lord and at least a dozen Labour councillors who will defect either this week, or more probably next”.

Mr Galloway, who made a stunning return to Parliament earlier this year by defeating Labour in the Rochdale by-election, unveiled his new 150 parliamentary candidates this lunchtime, promising to contest every seat in Great Britain at the election.

He’s already threatened to unseat deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner, warning that he is “speaking for a very large number of people in Britain and that in dozens if not scores of parliamentary constituencies, people who support my point of view or who will …