London by-election in Starmer's former seat pits Labour against a surging Green Party

Voters in the Holborn and St Pancras constituency go to the polls Thursday in a by-election that tests Labour's hold on the seat under Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

• George Galloway is campaigning online from South Africa, Moscow and Shanghai, saying he is in "self-exile" after counter-terrorism police questioned him at Gatwick Airport a year ago.
• Galloway said the by-election's biggest issue is "the path leading us to WW3 in Ukraine," aligning himself with Russia against Green candidate Zack Polanski.
• Polanski, who describes himself as an "anti-Zionist," did not vote on a Green Party motion classifying Zionism as a form of racism, after which Israel banned him from visiting.
• Galloway said Bank of Scotland closed his accounts without explanation and threatened legal action; the bank said it does not close accounts over political beliefs.