the republican branch was formerly members of the labour alliance , which has controlled the united kingdom to 1997 and remains a member of the socialist international . on the bus , mccann and some of his cohorts — they occasionally , among the oldest one , see each other as " comrade " — explains their perspectives on how the union with labour came about . as the third way became the dominant face in the whole opposition , culminating with the replacement of neil kinnock with tony adams as party leader , the socialist recruit became heavily disenchanted . " there used to be democratic forms , political meetings " beneath the party , they say . the branch meetings currently exist but " now , they sent a resolutions pushing for renationalisation of the railways , and they [ the party leadership ] just ignored it . " they claim that the disaffection with new labour has caused the party to lose " half its membership " and that people are seeking alternatives .
The Socialist Party was founded in the United Kingdom.