Can anyone see why the answer

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August 28, 2014 at 8:07 pm #87637
ALB
Keymaster

Can anyone see why the answer to this clue in Tuesday's Times is Trotsky:

Quote:
Solicitor's wrong about island mainly used for political exile.

We appeared to feature in the clues on the previous Thursday:

Quote:
Game of Socialist Party completely upset Conservative PM (7)

But why is the answer Balfour? I thought the days of referring to Labour as "the Socialist Party" were long gone.