as well as a video address from Ricky Tomlinson. The conference discussed and debated the adoption of a charter and some of the issues likely to be central to the campaign. The 2008 conference took place on Sunday 22 June 2008 and was addressed by RMT leader Bob Crow . The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition In 2009, 'No to EU – Yes to Democracy' (NO2EU), the forerunner of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) was founded initially as a result of an electoral alliance between the RMT, the Socialist Party and the Communist Party of Britain, for the purpose of contesting the European elections, and in 2010 TUSC was formed. In the view of the CNWP it was a progenitor of a new workers party, and leading participants in the CNWP such as Dave Nellist, became leading participants in TUSC. See also Convention of the Left Labour Representation Committee (2004) Socialist Green Unity Coalition Welsh Socialist Alliance References External links Campaign for a new workers' party official website. Campaign for a New Workers Party launched in England and Wales. Declaration of the founding convention. Indymedia Ireland. Retrieved April 4, 2006. "Campaign for a New Workers Party conference report". Jim Jepps. Socialist Unity Network. Retrieved April 4, 2006. Political organisations based in the United Kingdom Organizations established in 2005 Socialism in the United Kingdom Socialist Party (England and Wales)