Chris Williamson
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Oct 9, 2026
Henry RileyCORRESPONDENT
Um, all sorts of splits within there.
Henry RileyCORRESPONDENT
Their deputy leader, Chris Williamson, you might remember him, former MP.
Lewis GoodallHOST
I do remember Chris Williamson, yeah.
Henry RileyCORRESPONDENT
He's now split from the Workers' Party because he's annoyed that George Galloway ran against Zac Polanski in that seat.
speaker_3NARRATOR
However, he later confirmed on the same day that he would be standing in the by-election for the Workers' Party of Britain, which has since triggered a row within the party.
speaker_3NARRATOR
On Tuesday, Chris Williamson, the deputy leader of the Workers' Party of Britain, said that he'd resigned from the party because he profoundly disagreed with the decision to stand in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Mr Williamson said that he had a huge amount of respect for Mr Galloway, but added that he believed the party should get behind Mr Polanski in his bid to get elected into Westminster.
speaker_3NARRATOR
He wrote, Mr Polanski is best placed to do that in this by-election.
Kevin McKeeverHOST
for the Workers' Party of Great Britain.
Kevin McKeeverHOST
Chris Williamson, a former Corbynista Labour MP who left, who is now the deputy leader of the Workers' Party of Great Britain, the latest party, the latest host for George Galloway to devour, has resigned, saying that he shouldn't be running, he should be supporting Zabalansky.
Kevin McKeeverHOST
Galloway, who is obviously a hideous character and vile in any political conversation he's in, is going in hard, not on Labour, but on Zach Polanski, really attacking him.
Kevin McKeeverHOST
Why is that significant? Because there's a hard-left candidate that ran and came second against Keir Starmer in 2024, Andrew Feinstein.
Laura WebsterHOST
Uh, and the, the Greens are, I think, not so happy about this, concerned about splitting the vote, particularly along the lines of issues like Palestine.
Laura WebsterHOST
Um, and then Chris Williamson from the Workers' Party quit today, uh, in, you know, frustration over this whole thing.
James WalkerHOST
Yeah.
Laura WebsterHOST
So that's quite an interesting one to, to get stuck into as well-