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Tony Benn

British Labour politician, 1925 to 2014

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A cabinet minister who renounced his peerage and became the standard-bearer of Labour’s left, backing nationalization, unilateral disarmament and leaving the European Community.

Tony Benn 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 religion.

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Where Tony Benn 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
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionCentered on religion
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Tony Benn

Bernie Sanders US Senator from Vermont, 2007 to present98%Jeremy Corbyn British MP and Labour leader, 2015 to 202097%Eugene V. Debs American socialist leader, 1855 to 192697%Eduardo Galeano Uruguayan writer, 1940 to 201597%Paulo Freire Brazilian educator, 1921 to 199796%Pablo Iglesias Spanish politician and co-founder of Podemos96%Zohran Mamdani Mayor of New York City, 2026 to present96%Yanis Varoufakis Greek economist and former finance minister96%

People furthest from Tony Benn

Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 17156%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)8%Augusto Pinochet Ruler of Chile, 1973 to 19908%Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 19458%

Political views closest to Tony Benn

Utopian socialismImagines planned model communities built on cooperation, an approach that predates…96%Democratic socialismSeeks democratic control of key industries, broad public ownership and universal services.95%CooperativismPrefers businesses owned and run by workers, consumers or local communities.94%Radical democracyWants more direct participation in decisions, through assemblies, referendums and…91%

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