The socialist credentials of its present leader, John Hume, have been the subject of derision ever since the formation of the SDLP in 1970.

He spends page after page defending his decision, as if his socialist credentials were somehow on the line.

Good to see Ed's socialist credentials are still being kept in reserve.

Its socialist credentials are gradually crumbling in the face of international capitalism, as evidenced by dramatic public sector cuts and the relaxation of restrictions on private enterprise.

It is not exactly one of the world's most prosperous economies, although the Opposition used to admire it greatly before it decided to drop its socialist credentials.

I'm not doubting Brecht's socialist credentials.

Another Oxford graduate, but from the lower middle class, Jones had apparently the right socialist credentials, but his activism centred on his local south-London Labour Party.

But his socialist credentials were deemed suspect and the family fled south to the protection of the White Russian army.

In the early 1960s Topic Records separated from the Workers' Music Association, but those involved still had socialist credentials.

To secure Vietnam's socialist credentials, the state would remain dominant to protect Vietnam from the uncontrolled free market.