Polar opposites: Corbyn presenting a vision antagonistic to May’s at the recent Labour conference.- Reuters
THE British prime minister and the leader of Her Majesty’s opposition gave speeches on the same day recently, outlining their vision for their country’s economy – and by implication, its society. They had little in common.
It’s hardly surprising. Prime Minister Theresa May is to the right of her Conservative Party; Jeremy Corbyn is on the far left of his Labour Party. But there is more than that: the antagonistic visions of May and Corbyn indicate a great disruption in the politics of the world, where the forecasts of a convergence around free-market liberalism as history ends (Francis Fukuyama), and an end of ideology (Daniel Bell) have been exploded.
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