Labour

Cards (10)

  • Old Labour
    Redistribution of wealth to stop worst inequalities
    Equality of opportunity
    Goals achieved collectively
    Support for trade unions
    Control economic activity
    Everyone protected by welfare system
    More sus of EU
    Support nuclear disarmement
    Hostile to priv education
    Nationalising everything
  • New Labour
    Compromise between extremes of socialism and capitalism
    Focus on establishment of stakeholder society
    Encourage wealth creation
    Loosen ties with trade unions
    Removed clause 4 - dont need to renationalise industries
    Lower taxation
    More individualism
    Positive about EU
    Friends to business
    Political constitutional reform
  • Factions of Labour Party
    Momentum
    Progressive Britain
    Open Labour
    Blue Labour
  • Momentum
    Follow Corbyns footsteps
    Win elections for Labour
    Build broader social movement
    Create socialist Labour govt
    Support Corbyn
  • Progressive Britain
    Radical and progressive politics for 21st century
    Create more free, equal, democratic Britain
  • Blue Labour

    Promote blue collar + culturally Cons values esp on immigration, crime, community spirit
    Represent traditional working class
  • Economy plans
    More centrist social democrat approach
    No longer committed to nationalisation of energy firms
    Promise of publicly owned energy company
    Keen not to alienate business
    More likely to tax wealth
  • Welfare
    Great renewal of NHS
    Abolishing Universal Credit
    Remove charitable status of independent schools, channel those fund into state sector
    Abolish tuition fees
  • Law and Order
    Being harder on criminals
    Strengthen law on crimes specifically against women
    Increase no. of police on the street
  • Foreign Policy
    Re-emphasised commitment to NATO and independent nuclear deterrent
    Committed to AUKUS military alliance to maintain existing balance of power in Far East
    Much more assertive and interventionist