Thinkers and political figures
Portrait: UK Parliament, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Jeremy Corbyn
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Era
- b. 1949
- Tradition
- Democratic socialism
Backbencher who won the Labour leadership from the far left of the party on a wave of new members, took Labour to its highest vote share in twenty years in 2017 and its worst seat total since 1935 in 2019.
01
Documented positions
Documented positions come from the sources listed. Similarity is this project’s inference from those positions, and is a much weaker claim.
- Advocated renationalising rail, water, energy and the Royal Mail
- Proposed free university tuition, a National Education Service and abolition of student debt
- Opposed the Iraq war and chaired the Stop the War Coalition
- Opposed renewal of the Trident nuclear deterrent, against his own party’s policy
- Proposed sectoral collective bargaining, a higher minimum wage and worker representation on boards
- Held an ambiguous position on Brexit, campaigning for Remain in 2016 and offering a second referendum in 2019
- Was suspended from the Labour Party in 2020 over his response to the equalities commission report on antisemitism
02
Where it sits on each dimension
Wealth and inequality
8
RedistributionMarket outcomes
Evidence: Well documented
The state in the economy
10
Active stateLimited state
Evidence: Well documented
Personal liberty
72
Collective orderIndividual freedom
Evidence: Documented
Tradition and change
90
ContinuityReform
Evidence: Well documented
Nation and the world
20
InternationalistNationalist
Evidence: Documented
Power and its limits
76
Concentrated authorityChecks and pluralism
Evidence: Documented
Environment and growth
86
Production firstProtection first
Evidence: Well documented
Crime and punishment
86
PunishmentRehabilitation
Evidence: Documented
Dimensions left unscored, for want of evidence: Religion and the state
Sources
- Labour Party, For the Many, Not the Few: Labour Party Manifesto · 2017
- Equality and Human Rights Commission, Investigation into antisemitism in the Labour Party · 2020
Last verified: