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Putinism and UK Labour Party
Measured distance across six axes
Opposed programmes with little shared ground. No axis places them within three points of each other. They diverge by eight points or more on CU, AU, ID.
Axis by axis
| Axis | United Russia, sovereign democracy | UK Labour Party | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | +03 | −03 | 6 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +09 | −05 | 14 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| AU · Organisation of power | +10 | −03 | 13 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| SC · Scale of decision | +09 | +03 | 6 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +08 | −05 | 13 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| CH · Method and tempo | −03 | −08 | 5 | 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.
United Russia, sovereign democracy · CU +09
Coded +9: traditional values written into the constitution and enforced by criminal law.
- Documented act or statuteThe 2020 amendments defined marriage as a union of a man and a woman and invoked faith in God and historical truth.
- Documented act or statuteThe 'international LGBT movement' was designated extremist by the supreme court in 2023.
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.
United Russia, sovereign democracy · AU +10
At the ceiling. Term limits reset, opposition candidates barred, imprisoned or dead.
- Documented act or statuteThe 2020 constitutional amendments reset the presidential term count to zero.
- Documented act or statuteIndependent media were designated foreign agents or closed; the last major independent broadcaster closed in 2022.
UK Labour Party · AU −03
Coded −3: constitutional in method with a centralising executive record in office.
- Documented act or statuteDevolution to Scotland, Wales and London was created by the 1997 government.
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.
Putinism
2000– · Russia
A strong personalised state restoring great-power status, with traditional values against a decadent West.
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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