the socialist party was formerly affiliated of the labour party , that has rule the british states to 1997 and remains a member of the socialist international . on the bus , saunders and some of his cohorts — they occasionally , especially the new members , discuss each other as " friends " — explains their view on when the split with worker came about . as the third way becoming the dominant group in the labour organization , culminating with the replacement of neil kinnock with tony blair as party chair , the socialist cadre grew generally disaffected . " there used to be socialist processes , political groups " within the party , they say . the branch meetings still occur but " now , they passed a motion pushing for renationalisation of the train , and they [ the party leadership ] just overlooked it . " they claim that the disaffection with incumbent labour has caused the party to lose " half its membership " and that people are seeking reform .
The Socialist Party was founded in the United Kingdom.