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Blairism is the political ideology attributed to the governments of British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

History

Throughout the 80s/Early 90s, the Conservative And Unionist Party of the United Kingdom dominated British politics, winning a consecutive 3 Landslides under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher. In response to this, the Labour Party, a traditionally socialist party started moving to the Centre in order to appeal to the Thatcher/Moderate voter.

Labour Leadership Under Tony Blair

A new era for the Labour Party began in 1994 when a young Tony Blair was elected as their leader. Under his leadership, the Labour Party abandoned the party's socialist roots through a series of changes, one of these changes being the repeal of Clause 5 in the Labour Rulebook, which stated the party's commitment to socialism. In a pamphlet written for the Fabian Society, Blair criticized the wording of the clause for "not clearly stating the means and ends of the party".

As a result of these changes, the party adopted Gidden's vision on social democracy, a mix between Neoliberalism and Social Democracy. This new labour party was dubbed "New Labour" by Blair.

As a result of these new changes, Labour went on to beat the Conservative Party by a landslide in the 1997 General Election, winning a majority of 253 (419-188)

Fall of New Labour

After the resignations of Both Blair and Brown, The new Labour movement ended in 2010 but Third-way thought is still very influential in the Labour party even after Brown's resignation.

Relations

Friends

  • Third Way - Literally me!
  • Neoliberalism - Also me, but please get more regulated!
  • Zionism - I am a longtime member of the pro-Israel lobby group Labour Friends of Israel!
  • Social Democracy - My ideal society, but be more deregulated!
  • Social Capitalism, Social Liberalism - You two know that we need to mix regulations and deregulations for the good!
  • Neoconservatism - Interventionism? Sign me up!
  • Ordo-Liberalism - My German counterpart!
  • Democratism - My American counterpart! What do you mean you don't like tea? It's delicious!
  • Federalism - It's time for THE DEVOLUTION!
  • Kleptocracy - I literally stole money from my own citizens so that I can spend it all on wars and on myself, own a lot of property, built a £35m property empire, and part took in many bribes.
  • State Liberalism - Literal utopia!

Frenemies

  • Brownism - I appointed you after my renounce, but stop sending that much money to the banks, it's too much!
  • Thatcherism - You take the deregulation way too far!
  • Blatcherism - My child who like his mother too much!
  • Irish Republicanism - Peace? PLEASE?

Enemies

  • Corbynism - C*rbyn 🤮
  • Socialism - Eww..
  • Marxism - I can't believe I used to like you!
  • Trotskyism - Well, when I was younger, I used to like you and Marx, and though I was a huge supporter of yours when I entered politics, you're actually awful, and I hate you.
  • Left-Wing Populism - If you like Corbyn so much, then why you don't go to the trash can already? Where losers go to cope.
  • Ba'athism - Haha Iraq war go BRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!
  • Talibanism - Haha Afghanistan go BRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!
  • Saddamism - Your regime possessed weapons of mass destruction and developed close ties with al-Qaeda, cope.
  • Jihadism - Haha I'm going to overthrow the Taliban, destroy al-Qaeda, and capture Osama bin Laden!

Further Information

Internet

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