George Gallaway wins in Bradford West byelection by mroe than 50%. Polly Toynbee (in Guardian politics weekly 30/03/12) notes that labour have received a tug from the left worth listening to. Decent articulation of this tug comes from Tariq Ali here:

"Respect is different. It puts forward a leftist social-democratic programme that challenges the status quo and is loud in its condemnation of imperial misdeeds"

Take-off the imperial misdeeds and is this still a potent platform? The SD programme Ali refers to is the renunciation of the role of the market in utilities and public service provision. Is this more on the minds of the many than the need for growth? What's the order of concerns/wishes:

1. Cuts
2. Privatisation/redesign of services
3. Need for growth

How does this vary from north east to south east?