00:00 Certain information came to light over the weekend in relation to the candidate.
00:04 There was a fulsome apology.
00:06 Further information came to light yesterday calling for decisive action.
00:11 So I took decisive action.
00:14 It is a huge thing to withdraw support for a Labour candidate
00:19 during the course of a by-election.
00:21 It's a tough decision, a necessary decision.
00:24 But when I say the Labour Party has changed under my leadership,
00:29 I mean it.
00:30 The voters in Rochdale will have to determine who they vote for,
00:34 but I'm not prepared to put forward a Labour candidate
00:38 unless I think that candidate is fit to be a Labour MP.
