An event is being held tonight at Kala Sangam about The Bradford Earthquake: How Bradford West Was Won.

The event is being held by JUST West Yorkshire, the Racial Justice Network and the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust to critically assess Lewis Baston’s Report titled ‘The Bradford Earthquake’ on why Labour lost its safe seat to the Respect Party last year.

The event will address questions such as whether the failure of Bradford’s politicians to articulate a viable economic vision for the district accounted for Labour’s loss and was the election of MP George Galloway an indictment of entrenched local power structures.