the republican party was formerly part of the labor party , who has ruled the us nation before 1997 and remains a member of the socialist international . on the bus , saunders and some of his accusers — they often , especially the older members , describe each other as " comrade " — explains their view on what the split with labour came about . as the new ways became the dominant voice in the labour party , culminating with the replacement of zac verheugen with tony blair as party leader , the democratic cadre become increasingly disaffected . " there used to be democratic societies , business meetings " within the party , they say . the branch meetings still exist but " now , they passed a resolution calling for renationalisation of the network , and they [ the party leadership ] just ignored it . " they claim that the disaffection with new labour has caused the party to loss " half its member " and that people are seeking alternatives .
The Socialist Party was founded in the United Kingdom.