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| Principal Speakers | Sharon McCourt Felicity Dowling Nick Jones[1] |
| National Secretary | Felicity Dowling[1] |
| Founded | 30 November 2013 |
| 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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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.
- ^ a b "Internal elections results 2017". Left Unity. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "About". Left Unity. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ 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. - ^ "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.
- ^ "The Labour party has failed us. We need a new party of the left". The Guardian. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ 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) - ^ "RT News reports on Left Unity's founding conference". YouTube. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ "Ken Loach Discusses His Hopes for Left Unity". The Huffington Post UK. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ "New party Left Unity to hold first annual conference". British Broadcasting Corporation. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ "Left Unity conference – some important steps forward and challenges still ahead". Socialist Resistance. Retrieved 7 March 2015.