the socialist party was formerly part of the labour party , which has ruled the uniting kingdom since 1997 and remains a supporter of the socialists group . on the forum , saunders and some of his cohorts — they occasionally , especially the elderly people , hug each other as " comrade " — explains their view on ways the split with labour got about . as the other way grew the dominant speaker in the liberal party , and with the replacement of neil kinnock with silvio grant as party head , the republican cadre became increasingly disaffected . " there used to be democratic structures , business meetings " within the parties , they say . the branch members actually persist but " now , they passed a resolution calling for renationalisation of the tracks , and they [ the party leadership ] just ignored it . " they claim that the disquiet with old labour has caused the organisation to gain " half its membership " and that people are seeking alternatives .
The Socialist Party was founded in the United Kingdom.