Controversial former MP George Galloway has signalled that he is starting a legal challenge against his defeat in last week’s British general election.

Britain's Labour leader Ed Miliband brushed off the party's shock defeat in the Bradford West by-election, claiming the party is set for a return to power at the next general election.

George Galloway warned today of a “tidal wave” of disillusioned voters ready to rebel against all three mainstream parties around Britain as he celebrated his shock victory in the Bradford West by-election with an open-top bus tour of his new constituency.

Labour today denied it had neglected northern voters as the inquest into George Galloway’s sensational by-election victory in Bradford West began.