Election 2015 smaller parties: Dave Nellist on TUSC plans

Former Labour MP Dave Nellist explains the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) election campaign as offering a left-wing alternative to policies of austerity and privatisation.

He said TUSC was "the major minor party" with more than 130 candidates standing at the general election, plus 650 council candidates.

Mr Nellist claimed it was bigger than the SNP, DUP and Plaid Cymru put together - but still was not given a role in the TV leaders' debate.

He spoke to Andrew Neil, and later Lord Digby Jones, on how TUSC policies could change the UK.

This is one of a series of interviews with 22 smaller parties contesting seats at the 2015 general election

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