Left Unity splits over election candidate in Bermondsey

Left Unity, which despite its name has a bit of a problem with unity, has had another split. This time it is in Simon Hughes’s constituency of Bermondsey and Old Southwark, with Left Unity member Steve Freeman standing as a Republican Socialist in the election even though Left Unity has backed Kingsley Abrams in a joint ticket with TUSC.

Ah well, at least it’s an excuse for this: