As election campaigns go Bradford West is going to take some beating.


First we have disaster that was the Labour party shortlist. In the end Labour  pitted  for  Naz Shah and opposition  candidates must have been  jumping with joy. 


Admittedly, here was a candidate with little or no political experience thrust into the limelight having to fight  an election against one of the most  charismatic politicians of his generation.


But you could sense George Galloway of Respect was not about to take  any challenge lightly. And whilst  on the face of it he seems to strolling to a re-election he is wise enough to know that in politics nothing is certain.


Then Labour alleged that Mr Galloway is in breach of election law by making what is says are false statements about its candidate Naz Shah.


That was after Respect candidate Mr Galloway called for Ms Shah to be charged with perjury over evidence she gave in the trial of her mother who was convicted of murder and her subsequent unsuccessful appeal.


What George Galloway has brought to this race is his  ability to essentially 'annoy people' on the  other  side  of the planet.


This is Bradford  West  so why on earth is  former  Conservative MP and  author  Louise  Mensch so bothered?  It probably has  got  do with Galloways vocal support  of  the Palestinians for as long as we can remember.


Even Galloway himself seemed to allure to the fact that everyone and anyone was getting their two cents into this campaign.

 

In the middle of this wider war of words is Naz  Shah and for that matter the other  candidates in this  constituency. Yes,  there are other  candidates and  here  they are.


Mohammed 'Harry' Boota UK Independence Party (UKIP),   George Grant Conservative Party; Alun Griffiths Liberal Democrats  Celia Hickson Green Party  Therese Hirst English Democrats; James Kirkcaldy Independent


Maybe all the candidates should change their  slogans  too... ‘Never  dull day in Bradford  West’.  Make a lot  more sense.