Once written off as an electoral liability, today Jeremy Corbyn looks every bit a future prime minister. After his breakthrough performance in the 2017 election and the subsequent meltdown of Theresa May’s premiership, Labour seems to be on the path to government. Yet if most media-political discourse focuses on issues of internal party management, rather less discussed is what Corbyn would do once he reached office.

As disputes over Brexit dominate the political arena, Labour’s plans for remodeling the economy are not yet at the center of public debate. Yet if Corbyn is to bring about paradigm shift like Clement Attlee in 1945 or Margaret Thatcher in 1979, his party needs to mobilize emphatic public support for its transformative agenda — and also be prepared to face down opposition from powerful interests in the City of London and beyond.

Christine Berry is co-author (together with Joe Guinan) of People Get Ready! Preparing for a Corbyn Government. She spoke to Alex Doherty of the Politics. Theory. Other. podcast about Labour’s program for democratizing the economy, how it can turn “taking office” into “taking power,” and what Corbyn’s team can learn from the strategies the Thatcherites used to push through their own neoliberal revolution.