Wonder no more.
A short history of the Fabian Society
Since the 1997 general election there have been around 200 Fabian MPs in the Commons, amongst whom number nearly the entire Cabinet, including Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Robin Cook, Jack Straw, David Blunkett and Clare Short. The Society has pursued its role as the new Labour government's 'critical friend', seeking to ask challenging questions and to stimulate public debate. The Society's two-year Commission on Taxation and Citizenship criticised Labour's reluctance to discuss taxation and proposed, among other reforms, an earmarked tax for the NHS. Reports on environmental policy, capital grants to young people and parental leave directly influenced government policy in key areas. The Society published both Tony Blair's seminal pamphlet on the 'Third Way' and Lionel Jospin's philosophy of the active state. Meanwhile the Society's growing membership and ever larger numbers coming to its public conferences have proved that - whatever the wider trends to political apathy and disaffection - the appetite for radical thought and searching debate on the left of centre remains undiminished. At the start of the 21st century the Society plays as crucial a role in the political life of the country as ever.
Tony Blair has been Bushs staunchest supporter. While Bill Clinton is also a third way socialist and used this philosophy in many decisions and federal programs he enacted, Bush has an affiliation with the Communitarian movement here in the US, which is just another flavor of third way socialism. In fact Bush and Kerry made speeches before and after the election extolling the so-called virtues of communitarianism.
As an FYI communitarianism is said to be communism or socialism that allows people to practice religion, while the third way is outright global socialism and is the foundation of the philosophy behind the World Trade Organization, the World Bank,the International Monetary Fund and the Inter-American Development Bank to name a few.