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4 unusual facts about British Left


British Left

Respect's first electoral test was the 2004 Greater London Authority elections, in which Lindsey German came fifth.

Aside from Labour the biggest leftist parties are the Green Party, Respect and the Socialist Workers Party.

Other groups include the Socialist Workers Party, Workers' Revolutionary Party, the Alliance for Workers' Liberty, Socialist Party and Socialist Appeal.

By the time of the 2008 Greater London Authority elections, the Socialist Workers Party had left the coalition amid an acrimonious dispute with George Galloway and instead contested the elections as the Left List with Lindsey German as candidate (coming eighth).



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