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Personally, I didn't expect him to win and I was even more stunned at the majority he has.

Okay, by elections do this at times but for not only the main opposition but in fact the only main party opposition to the Govt to lose so badly even on a lower turnout in a seat they have held since 1974,should set some alarm bells ringing.

If some new wave of voting and opinion happened in the majority of seats, the old and tired party system would need to be really woken up, but shaken heavily and massively reformed.
The problem with party politics is that candidates only see the voters as important at election time, once elected and the party machines move in then that is where voters get disillusioned.

One swallow doesn't make a summer but Galloway has really scored a blinder here,he has rocked Labour, who should have walked in as to taking the seat anyway,he has though seen the Conservatives off too, Baroness Warzi was unbelievable in crowing because they have saved their deposit in a seat they were 2nd in just over 18 months ago and the Lib Dems,well are they even worth a mention.

Amazing result and like him or not, today the political world revolves around George Galloway.I am going to predict that he will even hold this seat at the next General Election,especially if Ed Miliband is still leader then of Labour.