Starmer identifies as a "socialist", and supports social ownership and investment in the UK's public services. On the other hand, he is responsible for purging several of the more extreme left elements of the Labour Party's ideology that re-emerged under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, and expelled numerous far-left party members in 2020,<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9808437/Keir-Starmer-purges-1-000-far-Left-Corbynista-members-Labour-crackdown.html Keir Starmer purges ‘1,000’ far-Left Corbynista members from Labour in crackdown on groups critical of work to tackle anti-Semitism]</ref> although this is downplayed by his authoritarian track record as Prime Minister. | Starmer identifies as a "socialist", and supports social ownership and investment in the UK's public services. On the other hand, he is responsible for purging several of the more extreme left elements of the Labour Party's ideology that re-emerged under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, and expelled numerous far-left party members in 2020,<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9808437/Keir-Starmer-purges-1-000-far-Left-Corbynista-members-Labour-crackdown.html Keir Starmer purges ‘1,000’ far-Left Corbynista members from Labour in crackdown on groups critical of work to tackle anti-Semitism]</ref> although this is downplayed by his authoritarian track record as Prime Minister. |