Hiya here’s my research into Respect
Respect – The Unity Coalition is a left wing political party in England and Wales founded on 25 January 2004 in London. Its name is an acronym standing for Respect, Equality, Socialism, Peace, Environmentalism, Community, and Trade Unionism.
Respect was created in January 2004, using the issue of the war in Iraq to mobilise its vote. Beyond this issue it has attempted to “provide a broad-based and inclusive alternative to the parties of privatisation, war, and occupation” and have a broad socialist agenda.
Some of the policies on which it has also campaigned include:
Renationalisation of the railways and other public services.
Opposition to the perceived privatisation of the National Health Service and the education system, including opposition to university tuition fees and support for pensions increases linked to average earnings.
Raising the minimum wage to the European Union’s “decency threshold” of £7.40 an hour.
An increase in income taxes on the rich to fund social welfare programs and close the income gap.
The repeal of the industrial relations legislation brought in by the Conservative Party in the 1980s.
The defence of the rights of refugees and other asylum-seekers.
Opposition to the “stability pact” that the European Union seeks to impose on all those who join the euro.
Support for the Palestinian people and ending British tolerance of various Israeli policies regarding the Palestinians.
Support for the British environmental movement.
To support and mediate the Kashmir core-issue between Pakistan and the Republic of India to resolve the dispute peacefully that must involve the Kashmiris themselves to decide with the International Community by respecting various UN Resolutions.
In their founding constitution the founding parties state their overall aim as to “help create a socially just and ecologically sustainable society”, giving a definition of social justice that includes “the organisation of society in the most open, participative, and accountable way practicable based on common ownership and democratic control”.
Cheers Alex