By-election bonus: Rochdale, Galloway, Gaza… what now?

George Galloway is back in parliament with a resounding win in
the Rochdale by-election.


In this bonus episode of The Today Podcast Amol and Nick discuss
what his victory means and how the Israel-Gaza conflict is
shaping politics.


They also look back Galloway’s fifty years in politics and
consider how he will operate in a social media age.


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email us Today@bbc.co.uk The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol
Rajan and Nick Robinson, both presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today
programme, the UK’s most influential radio news programme.


Amol was the BBC’s media editor for six years and is the former
editor of the Independent, he’s also the current presenter of
University Challenge. Nick has presented the Today programme
since 2015, he was the BBC’s political editor for ten years
before that and also previously worked as ITV’s political editor.


The senior producer is Tom Smithard. The editors are Jonathan
Aspinwall and Louisa Lewis. The executive producer is Owenna
Griffiths. Technical production from Emma Crowe in London and
Lucy Harper in Salford. Digital production from Elliot Ryder.