His party now presents itself as a left-wing alternative to the mainstream parties.

The best thing they can do in such a cautious mindset is to wait for a significant left-wing alternative to develop and perhaps help it along if they get the chance.

PINU was created by Miguel Andonie Fernández as a democratic, moderate left-wing alternative to the two major parties and the military régime.

Behind the cosmetics, however, lies a struggle for control of an eventual left-wing alternative to Italian governments traditionally commanded by the No. 1 party, the Christian Democrats.

The party was founded in April 2006, as a more left-wing alternative to the Broad Front.

Respect was set up in January 2004, as a left-wing alternative to the three established parties - Labour, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.

But no one doubts that his ambition is to leave it one day and become the leader of the sort of left-wing alternative that Mr. Occhetto proposes.

All social groups were beginning to rethink their political and social relationships with the administration, further fueling the existing tensions between the postrevolutionary state and the extreme right- and left-wing alternatives.

If there were a huge demand for a quality left-wing paper then sales of the Guardian would increase sharply and (less certainly) an enterprising businessman might provide another left-wing alternative.

It might almost seem as if the LibDem support in the polls was based on voters thinking that they offered a left-wing alternative to the two established neo-liberal parties.