Left Unity (UK)

Left Unity
Principal SpeakersSharon McCourt
Felicity Dowling
Nick Jones[1]
National SecretaryFelicity Dowling[1]
Founded30 November 2013 (2013-11-30)
Membership (July 2016)Decrease 1,230
IdeologyEco-socialism[2]
Anti-capitalism
Environmentalism
Feminism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationPeople's Alliance of The Left[3]
European affiliationParty of the European Left[4]
Colours  Red   Green   Black
Website
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Left Unity is a left-wing political party in the United Kingdom founded in 2013 when film director and social campaigner Ken Loach appealed for a new party to replace the Labour Party (which according to him failed to oppose the United Kingdom government austerity programme and had shifted towards neoliberalism).[5][6][7] More than 10,000 people supported Loach's appeal.[8]

In 2014, the party had 2,000 members[9] and 70 branches across Britain.[10] The organisation is affiliated at European level with the Party of the European Left.

  1. ^ a b "Internal elections results 2017". Left Unity. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  2. ^ "About". Left Unity. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  3. ^ Breakthrough Party [@BThroughParty] (20 January 2022). "ANNOUNCEMENT
    The People's Alliance of the Left #PAL is delighted to announce that a memorandum of understanding has been agreed between @BThroughParty, @FreeNorthNow, @TUSCoalition & @LeftUnityUK.
    This Alliance will work together on a future electoral strategy"     (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "We will be part of the Party of the European Left group, which includes Syriza) in Greece and Die Linke in Germany, and calls for a radically different type of European integration." Betzien, Jody (28 April 2014). "Britain: Left Unity spokesperson on challenges in building a new party". Green Left Weekly. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  5. ^ "The Labour party has failed us. We need a new party of the left". The Guardian. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  6. ^ Seymour, Richard. "Left Unity: A Report From The Founding Conference". newleftproject.org. New Left Project. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "RT News reports on Left Unity's founding conference". YouTube. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  8. ^ "Ken Loach Discusses His Hopes for Left Unity". The Huffington Post UK. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  9. ^ "New party Left Unity to hold first annual conference". British Broadcasting Corporation. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Left Unity conference – some important steps forward and challenges still ahead". Socialist Resistance. Retrieved 7 March 2015.