Galloway returns to Parliament in sensational win in Bradford West - Labour/Coalition smashed

[Fisher_Gate]

The full result (with vote share and change since 2010 in brackets):

George Galloway (Respect) 18,341 (55.89%, +52.83%)
Imran Hussain (Lab) 8,201 (24.99%, -20.36%)
Jackie Whiteley (C) 2,746 (8.37%, -22.78%)
Jeanette Sunderland (LD) 1,505 (4.59%, -7.08%)
Sonja McNally (UKIP) 1,085 (3.31%, +1.31%)
Dawud Islam (Green) 481 (1.47%, -0.85%)
Neil Craig (D Nats) 344 (1.05%)
Howling Laud Hope (Loony) 111 (0.34%)

 

[Fisher_Gate]

Galloway promised to work with Green MP Caroline Lucas and pledges Respect candidates in every seat in Bradford and across West Yorkshire and neighbouring areas in the forthcoming local elections

 

[Fisher_Gate]

Turnout was a relatively high 51% (by comparison with by-elections in Labour held seats). As well as winning around 75% in some of the asian dominated wards, Galloway is said to have outpolled Labour in white working class areas too. Labour MP on Sky News claims that it's a celebrity vote due to his Big Brother appearance and nothing to do with Labour's policies or useless opposition to the Coalition.

 

[petee]

poor show by the loony party there

 

[Sweetpea]

poor show by the loony party there

Which one?

 

[petee]

fair enough!

 

[imposs1904]

Whatever you think if Galloway, you have to acknowledge that he's the comeback kid.

 

[joustmaster]

that is pretty impressive

 

[twentythreedom]

fucking hell.

"The Bradford Spring"

 

[Maurice Picarda]

For fuck's sake.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

Give it a few years and the horrible cunt will be let back into the Labour party as mayoral candidate for West Yorkshire.

 

[London_Calling]

Hark the sound of Christopher Hitchins turning.

 

[elfman]

Give it a few years and the horrible cunt will be let back into the Labour party as mayoral candidate for West Yorkshire.

West Yorkshire doesn't have a Mayor? There are ones in Bradford, Leeds, Kirklees, Wakefield etc though.

 

[joustmaster]

West Yorkshire doesn't have a Mayor? There are ones in Bradford, Leeds, Kirklees, Wakefield etc though.

i think thats a different kind of mayor

 

[Belushi]

Welcome back George

 

[Maurice Picarda]

West YYorkshire doesn't have a Mayor? There are ones in Bradford, Leeds, Kirklees, Wakefield etc though.

Yes, I'm futuregazing to a time when regional mayors are installed, and every single fucker who betrayed Labour for the sake of identity politics is given the Ken treatment.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

Oh well, if the hoary old story about News International screwing OnDigital can suddenly develop new legs then perhaps Galloway's Oil For Food governance might attract interest again.

 

[Kaka Tim]

Oh fuck off maurice - I am no galloway fan but he won fair and square becasue he actaully bothered to speak for what the voters cared about - the wars in the middle east and by offering genuine opposition to the violent austerity measures being shoved down people's throats.
And accusations over the oil for food thing was a blatent smear job by the same people who claimed Saddam had WMD - with similar levels of substance.
Go and cry over your signed Tony Blair photos.

 

[Balbi]

Has anyone got a copy of Galloways manifesto for Bradford. i can't seem to find an up to date one for Respect anywhere.

 

[stethoscope]

Well said Kaka, its worth it if only to see the reaction it provokes in Maurice - just serves to remind me of the sort of sneery cunt that infests Labour politics nowadays.

 

[frogwoman]

haha awesome not a fan of gg's politics at all but this is gona be interesting

 

[The39thStep]

Fisher Gate returns to Urban in we only sing when we win sensation

 

[JimW]

It's clear that it's UKIP who are the real winners here with their impressive one percentage point rise

 

[Divisive Cotton]

Fisher Gate returns to Urban in we only sing when we win sensation

oh come on give him this moment to shine! after all the shite that has been shovelled on him in the past

 

[The39thStep]

Has anyone got a copy of Galloways manifesto for Bradford. i can't seem to find an up to date one for Respect anywhere.

 

[Divisive Cotton]

GG is trending first on Twitter. It's worth reading the responses. There's a lot of WTF? Er? What?

 

[danny la rouge]

That is pretty impressive. Not only an outright majority, but 10,100 votes clear of Labour. Labour absolutely trounced there! I'm not fan of Gorgeous George (he was my MP when I lived in Glasgow), but that's given me a laugh this morning.

 

[Balbi]

haha awesome not a fan of gg's politics at all but this is gona be interesting

He's the lefty Boris Johnson

 

[SaskiaJayne]

Ha! Excellent result, I dunno what he stands for but its one in the eye for cunts. Tbf, if this shock result was a far right candidate we would be receiving this this much less favourably.

 

[joevsimp]

That is pretty impressive. Not only an outright majority, but 10,100 votes clear of Labour. Labour absolutely trounced there! I'm not fan of Gorgeous George (he was my MP when I lived in Glasgow), but that's given me a laugh this morning.

has anyone else recently represented three different seats that widely spread?


GG you bastard, you've made me late for work with all this *shakes fist*