This became the British Socialist Party (BSP), in which Kerran was a prominent left-winger;[2] by 1913, he was its National Trading Secretary.
[5] In November 1916, he escaped and impersonated a sailor, managing to travel as far as New York City on the SS Adriatic before he was recaptured.
[6] This he did, standing unsuccessfully in Kingston upon Hull North West at the 1924 general election, in Stoke Newington in 1929 and 1931, and in Luton in 1935.
He became an advisor to King Zog of Albania, focusing on opposition to fascism,[8] and in 1937 undertook a dangerous air journey from Hong Kong to San Francisco.
[9] In 1939, he worked in Germany to help Jews escape the Nazi regime, transporting letters of recommendation from Wilhelm Furtwängler.