Die soziale Theologie New Labours oder Der Appell an Moral, Gemeinschaft und Gewissen
Zusammenfassung
Die Wahlen vom Mai 1997 brachten eine entscheidende Wende in der britischen Politik: das Ende der achtzehnjährigen Herrschaft der Konservativen und den verheißungsvollen Abschluß des Kampfes um die Vormachtstellung, den eine neue, veränderte Labour Partei geführt hatte. Man kann das Wahlergebnis, in dem die Konservativen der Labour Partei unterlagen, als Ausdruck einer Auszehrung interpretieren, die mit der Partei der Konservativen assoziiert wurde und von der Labour profitierte. Wer allerdings meint, Labours Sieg wäre allein blindem Vertrauen geschuldet, verdrängt die zahlreichen kritischen, vorsichtigen und skeptischen Stimmen gegenüber Tony Blairs neuer Partei. Diejenigen, die glauben, hinter New Labour verberge sich bloß eine Wahlstrategie, die sich einer inhaltsleeren und opportunistischen Ideologie bediene, um Labours lange Serie an Niederlagen zu beenden, unterschätzen jedoch die tiefgreifende Bedeutung und den Einfluß des Wertesystems, in dem die Partei gründet. Blairs Kreuzzug für einen Wechsel und der von ihm verkündete Anspruch, berufen zu sein, so viele Menschen wie möglich für New Labours Auftrag zu gewinnen, offenbaren einen Mann, dessen Handeln von einer starken, auf spezifischen moralischen und ethischen Werten beruhenden Ideologie motiviert ist. Hinter der allmählichen Herausbildung der Politik New Labours kam ein Führer zum Vorschein, der sich nicht scheute, an Werte der Gemeinschaft, Gleichheit und Brüderlichkeit zu appellieren, — der entschlossen war, in seiner Politik eine Sprache der Moral, der Verantwortung, Pflicht und Verpflichtung, stark zu machen.
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