Left Unity (UK)
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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]
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Left Unity | |
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Principal Speakers | Sharon McCourt Felicity Dowling Nick Jones[1] |
National Secretary | Felicity Dowling[1] |
Founded | 30 November 2013 (2013-11-30) |
Membership (July 2016) | 1,230 |
Ideology | Eco-socialism[2] Anti-capitalism Environmentalism Feminism Pro-Europeanism |
Political position | Left-wing |
National affiliation | People's Alliance of The Left[3] |
European affiliation | Party of the European Left[4] |
Colours | Red Green Black |
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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.