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Global Greens and UK Labour Party
Measured distance across six axes
The same broad family. They agree within three points on EC, AU, SC, ID. No axis separates them by eight points or more.
Axis by axis
| Axis | Global Greens | UK Labour Party | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | −05 | −03 | 2 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | −09 | −05 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| AU · Organisation of power | −06 | −03 | 3 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| SC · Scale of decision | 00 | +03 | 3 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| ID · Rule of membership | −08 | −05 | 3 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CH · Method and tempo | −04 | −08 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
Each axis runs from −10 to +10; the distance is the straight-line separation across all six at once, out of a maximum of 49.0. How the scoring works →
The evidence behind the widest gaps
A distance figure is worth nothing unless the scores behind it can be checked. These are the artefacts supporting the axes that separate these two most.
Global Greens · CU −09
Coded −9: respect for diversity is one of the six founding principles.
- Programme textThe Charter commits to gender equity, indigenous rights and cultural diversity as core rather than adjacent.
UK Labour Party · CU −05
Coded −5: liberal on social questions with recent qualification on gender recognition.
- Documented act or statuteIntroduced civil partnerships in 2004 and the Equality Act in 2010; equal marriage passed in 2013 with its support.
What this comparison does not establish
Proximity means similarity of stated position. It carries no claim about competence, circumstance, scale of operation, or what either organisation actually did to the people under it. Two organisations can sit close together and produce entirely different histories, because those things are not on any axis and could not be.
Global Greens
2001– · Worldwide
Ecological wisdom, social justice, participatory democracy, non-violence, sustainability, respect for diversity.
UK Labour Party
1900– · Britain
Growth first, public service investment, workers' rights, stability and fiscal credibility.
Distance is not the whole answer. Two organisations can sit the same distance apart for entirely different reasons, and the reason is the content of any claim about them. Open the comparison in the atlas to weight the axes yourself.
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