There are three pro-Palestine candidates in Blackburn trying to unseat the Labour MP Kate Hollern.
But Craig Murray, Adnan Hussain and Tiger Patel are guaranteed to take votes off each other giving Hollern a clear run to victory.
This type of vote splitting around the country, and the refusal of candidates to step down in the interests of the greater good, is threatening to derail attempts to punish Labour at the ballot box.
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