They built links with the Trade Union Education Centre for Democratic Socialism and the Common Cause industry pressure group.
[4] They won publicity the following year by publishing a list of Labour MPs they alleged were linked with communist organisations, including Michael Foot, Tony Benn and Neil Kinnock.
They were overtaken by events, as Jenkins, Williams, David Owen and Bill Rodgers – popularly known as the "Gang of Four" – formed the Council for Social Democracy.
[14] Despite opposition from the Gang of Four, the SDA immediately began negotiating local pacts with the Liberal Party, and stood ten candidates in the 1981 Greater London Council election.
[15] None came close to being elected, but Stephen Haseler's candidacy in Lambeth, Norwood did effectively prevent Labour's Ted Knight from winning the seat.