the swing against the Tories in Bradford West was even higher than the swing against Labour:-
http://news.sky.com/home/politics/article/16199415
He absolutely smashed them. 56% is a huge margin for any candidate, but it is a thumping result for a minor party in a FPP system. Galloway got more than twice the votes that Labor did. Even without Asian support he would have won handily.
Going forward, it will be interesting to see whether Selma Yaqoob runs in Birmingham again at the next election, as she has performed strongly there before.
It will be even more interesting to see whether Milliband will seize the opportunity to grow a spine. I like the man, but the Labour party is full of people who think they can win by running the tired old third-way line that they have hewed since the 1990s.
Ultimately, if people have got the choice of three conservative parties and George Galloway, a fair few people are going to vote for Galloway.
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