“Disappointment in the candidates is palpable in the town, where people feel let down and neglected”
Roughly translated: Guardian employees find nobody they would vote for, and find three people in Rochdate who agree (“Margaret King”, “a Drinker” and for good measure, “Mohammad Aziz”).
Naturally, after speaking with the people, the Guardian concludes the only good thing about Rochdale is the town hall:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/25/rochdale-byelection-chaos-town-voters-main-parties-george-galloway
Apparently the role of the people is to vote the right way then sftu.
Written for a cosmopolitan London readership? Never!