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◆ THE IDEOLOGY ATLAS
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Nigel Farage

Historical and international

Photo: Laurie Noble, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Position estimated from: UKIP, Brexit Party and Reform UK: Brexit, sharp cuts to immigration, deregulation.

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Political compass placement

Map dimensionScore (0–100)PositionReading
Economic
Collective / planned ↔ Market
75toward market
Social
Progressive ↔ Traditional
65near the center
Authority
Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian
36near the center
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
96strongly toward nationalist
Foreign policy
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
30toward non-intervention
All nine underlying dimensions
DimensionScoreReading
Economic ownership
Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership
82toward private ownership
Civil liberties
Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions
43near the center
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
96strongly toward nationalist
Social and cultural values
Progressive ↔ Traditionalist
71toward traditionalist
Political governance
Democratic ↔ Autocratic
30toward democratic
Equality and hierarchy
Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical
69toward hierarchical
Economic management
Free market ↔ State planning
34toward free market
Military intervention
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
30toward non-intervention
Religion and government
Secular state ↔ Religious authority
52near the center

These positions are estimates on the Atlas’s nine-dimension scale, produced by running the available evidence through the same questions and scoring used for test-takers. They are interpretations for comparison, not objective measurements. How scores are made.

Key positions

StatementPositionBasis
Hate speech should be a criminal offense.Strongly disagreesfrom their record
The means of production should ultimately be owned collectively.Strongly disagreesestimated
International institutions should have more authority over national governments.Strongly disagreesfrom their record
Opposition parties should be free to compete in elections.Strongly agreesestimated
A national religious authority should have the power to veto legislation.Strongly disagreesestimated
Central economic planning is preferable to decentralized market decisions.Strongly disagreesestimated
Transgender women should be able to compete in women’s sports.Strongly disagreesfrom their record
Military power should be used proactively when serious external threats are emerging.Strongly disagreesestimated
Class distinctions should gradually disappear.Strongly disagreesestimated
Laws against blasphemy or insulting religion are legitimate.Strongly disagreesestimated

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Sources

Profile last reviewed October 11, 2026.