Is Starmer’s Labour Government Centrist?

The Narrowing Gap Between Left and Right

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Jeremy Corbyn was the radical left’s last glimmer of hope for a revolutionary change in British politics, but after alienating the electorate with his overwhelming amount of promises and antisemitic controversies, the 2019 general election resulted in. With Starmer expelling the remaining Corbynites from the Labour Party and moving closer and closer to the centre to win the 2024 election, traditional left-wing politics seems to have been put on the back burner for now.

The Blair Years

During and after his premiership, Blair was often criticised for being just another right-winger in disguise. Back in 1997, he saw that returning to major trade unions and traditional left-wing politics wasn’t going to win him an election, so he campaigned for a modernised “New Labour” that promoted itself as a pro-business, pro-free-market party while further distancing itself from its traditional socialist roots.

Despite this, under his leadership, Labour still managed to deliver a fairly progressive government, introducing:

• a minimum wage
• civil partnerships
• massive investments in public services