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| Abbreviation | TUSC |
| Leader | Dave Nellist[1] |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | 17 Colebert House Colbert Avenue London E1 4JP[2] |
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| Political position | Left-wing[4][5] to far-left[6] |
| Colours | Pink, brown and red |
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Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is a socialist electoral alliance in Britain. It was originally launched for the 2010 general election.[7][8][9]
TUSC's co-founder was the RMT union general secretary Bob Crow. Members of the PCS, Unison, NEU, UCU, Napo and POA unions are on the steering committee. The biggest component section of TUSC was the RMT[10] until they disaffiliated at the 2022 RMT AGM.[11] The most prominent participating political groups are the Socialist Party and the Resistance Movement.[10] TUSC stood 135 (parliamentary) candidates across England, Wales and Scotland at the 2015 general election[12] and 619 the same day in local government elections.[13]
Following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party, TUSC did not stand candidates in the 2017 UK general election and suspended electoral activity in November 2018.[14] It did not contest the 2019 general elections, stating: "TUSC recalibrated its electoral activity following Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader, a development which it warmly welcomed.".[15] In July 2020, after Jeremy Corbyn stood down, the Socialist Party called for the relaunch of the alliance;[16] in September of the same year, the TUSC steering committee agreed to resume standing candidates in the 2021 UK local elections.[10] It stood further candidates in the 2022 UK local elections,[17] and 40 candidates at the 2024 United Kingdom general election.[18]
- ^ "Dave Nellist on the Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition". Daily Politics. BBC. 22 April 2010. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- ^ "View registration - The Electoral Commission". search.electoralcommission.org.uk. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ Kelly, John (14 March 2018). Contemporary Trotskyism: Parties, Sects and Social Movements in Britain. Routledge. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-317-36894-6.
- ^ Waugh, Paul (20 September 2019). "Harriet Harman Urged To Pull Out Of Commons Speaker Race By Local Labour Party". Huffpost. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
The motion by Nick Wrack, who was readmitted to Labour after standing against Harman for the left-wing TUSC party four years ago, cites the precedent of Tories warning they would stand a candidate against John Bercow if he stayed on.
- ^ Prest, Victoria (18 April 2015). "Trade Union and Socialist Party (TUSC) to contest eight seats in York council elections". The Press. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
The left-wing party Trade Union and Socialist Party (TUSC) is fielding eight would-be councillors for seats on City of York Council, as well as a parliamentary candidate in York Central.
- ^ Cohen, Tamara (2 June 2017). "Can far-left fringe parties make a difference to Labour's election push?". Sky News. Archived from the original on 16 December 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
Britain's largest far-left party, the Trade Union Socialist Coalition (TUSC), founded by the late Bob Crow, is standing no candidates this year.
- ^ "Election 2015: TUSC launches '100% anti-austerity' manifesto'". BBC News. 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
They are members and supporters of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC); a left-wing political group standing candidates across the UK at the general election
- ^ Fisher, Lucy (7 August 2015). "Revealed: Labour's hard-left infiltrators". The Times. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ Silvera, Ian (14 September 2015). "Far-left TUSC seeks anti-austerity electoral pact with Jeremy Corbyn's Labour". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ a b c "Back at work! TUSC to stand in elections again against pro-austerity politicians". www.tusc.org.uk. 4 September 2020. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "RMT AGM: Missed opportunity in the fight for workers' politics". Socialist Party. 13 July 2022.
- ^ "TUSC Prospective Parliamentary Candidates for 2015" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ "TUSC Council Candidates for 2015" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ "TUSC SUSPENDS ELECTORAL ACTIVITY NATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE STATEMENT". www.tusc.org.uk. 8 November 2018. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "TUSC election candidates and results from 2011 to 2023 - TUSC". Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ Archivist (22 July 2020). "Time to relaunch TUSC". Socialist Party. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ "Where you can vote for a left-wing candidate on May 5th". tusc.org.uk. 30 April 2022. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "TUSC candidates in the general election" (PDF). Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition. 7 June 2024.