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Jeremy Corbyn

British MP and Labour leader, 2015 to 2020

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Led Labour on a program of nationalization and higher public spending, and has long campaigned against nuclear weapons and military interventions. He now sits as an independent MP.

Jeremy Corbyn sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly state-led on economy, strongly peace-first on war and peace and strongly non-interventionist on interventionism. The profile is close to the middle on technology.

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Where Jeremy Corbyn sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Jeremy Corbyn

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People furthest from Jeremy Corbyn

Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 17152%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)2%Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 19433%Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran, 2026 to present3%

Political views closest to Jeremy Corbyn

Critical theoryExamines how power, class, race and gender shape institutions and ideas, and aims to…97%Eco-socialismArgues that capitalism drives ecological crisis and calls for public, democratic control…97%Democratic socialismSeeks democratic control of key industries, broad public ownership and universal services.97%Social ecologyTies the ecological crisis to social hierarchy and proposes directly democratic,…97%

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