Labour must watch its left flank in months to come – new party Left Unity is on the move

[Ken Burch]

2. Well, they were just founded in November, so it's natural this article would be an introduction

It would be good strategy for them to target some council seats in the May local elections. You don't have to flip a huge number of votes to make a showing at that level...and an effort in the European Parliament elections might also be worth their while.

Those are contests where this group could have an impact without being accused of "vote-splitting" to the same extent that focusing on seats at Westminster(they'll have to stand in some seats in the GE as well, just to be taken seriously)would cause.
And, frankly, Labour deserves at least some pressure from the left...it's been allowed to treat that part of the spectrum as a bloc of votes it could count on without having to offer anything in return. If nothing else, this might cause Labour to finally admit that, after twenty seven years(since Kinnock's first defeat in 1987)that it's time to stop punishing, demonizing and humiliating its OWN left wing.