United Socialist Party (UK)

{{Short description|The united socialist party (TUSP) formed in Britain in 2004}}

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The United Socialist Party (TUSP) was a British political organisation formed in 2004.http://www.tusp.org.uk/welcome {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}

The party was formed in Liverpool by a number of former Liverpool Dockers who had been active in the strike of 1995–1997. Other leftist groups such as the Revolutionary Democratic Group, WIRFI and International Socialist League{{Cite web|url=https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/576/workers-breaking-with-labour/|title=Workers breaking with Labour – Weekly Worker|website=weeklyworker.co.uk}} became involved and the party experienced ideological and organisational conflicts – as the Socialist Labour Party had before it – between those seeking a more left-wing version of the Labour Party and those aiming to found a multi-tendency revolutionary party.

TUSP stood in local elections between 2006 and 2008, retaining no deposits.{{Cite web|url=http://councillors.liverpool.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?RPID=3528&ID=4&J=4|title=Election results by party, 4 May 2006|date=4 May 2006|website=councillors.liverpool.gov.uk}} From 2010 its role was taken to some extent by the similarly acronymed TUSC (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) which emerged from the Socialist Party's Campaign for a New Workers' Party with which TUSP had been involved.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/blog/2006/mar/20/workersofthe|title=Workers of the world, (re)unite|first=Ros|last=Taylor|newspaper=The Guardian |date=20 March 2006}} Their website contains no new content since 2009 and the organisation appears to be moribund; however as recently as 2014 TUSC stated that a member of the United Socialist Party had stood for election as part of the coalition.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tusc.org.uk/17003/30-05-2014/local-elections-2014-the-tusc-results-in-full|title=LOCAL ELECTIONS 2014 THE TUSC RESULTS IN FULL|website=tusc.org.uk|date=30 May 2014 }}