the socialist leadership was formerly part of the labour party , which has ruled the united kingdom since 1997 and currently a member of the socialist international . on the bus , hughes and some of his cohorts — they occasionally , especially the older members , address each other as " relative " — explains their ideas on which the split with labour came about . as the third way became the dominant figure in the worker party , together with the replacement of director bonino with owen blair as opposition president , the communist cadet is increasingly disaffected . " there used to be democratic structures , political meetings " within the party , they tell . the branch conferences only exist but " now , they passed a policy requesting for renationalisation of the railroads , and they [ the party leadership ] just ignored it . " they claim that the disillusionment with original labor has causing the party to lose " half its membership " and that people are awaiting alternatives .
The Socialist Party was founded in the United Kingdom.