Who knows how the Democrats Liberal are

by Mass, Fri Apr 08, 2005 at 12:38:15 PM EDT

compared to the Labour Party?  (both what you know if you are from the UK and what you think if you are from this country?).

An hint, look with whom they stand in the European Parliament.

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Liberal Democrats
I believe that they are called the Liberal Democrats.
by Max Friedman 2005-04-08 01:04PM | 0 recs
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Re: Liberal Democrats
So what!!

In Europe, Liberal refers more often to liberal in economy than anything else!  Many of the parties in the European Liberal Democrats group are right wing party or center right wing parties.

by Mass 2005-04-08 02:01PM | 0 recs
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The name
I'm not talking about where they stand on the issues, I'm saying that you got the name wrong.  The name of the party is "Liberal Democrats"
by Max Friedman 2005-04-08 02:15PM | 0 recs
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Re: The name
Sorry, I missed that.
by Mass 2005-04-08 06:44PM | 0 recs
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Re: Liberal Democrats
Who are you trying to kid? I don't have a clue what issues the particular parties stand for, but Europe is so much more socially liberal than Democrats that Bernie Sanders and Ralph Nader would be moderate centrists over there.

Are you trying to play some kind of semantics game?

by Gary Boatwright 2005-04-08 04:56PM | 0 recs
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Re: Liberal Democrats
You are right, but this makes the discussions on US sites concerning US politics silly because what seems very lefty here is often seen as right wing in Europe.

I was trying to get info concerning the Liberal democrats to judge if they are different from these other parties (that I know).

by Mass 2005-04-08 06:44PM | 0 recs
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I meant concerning European (not US) politics.
by Mass 2005-04-08 06:49PM | 0 recs
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I meant concerning European (not US) politics.
by Mass 2005-04-08 06:49PM | 0 recs
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Re: I meant concerning European (not US) politics.
Sure. You need to clarify your point. Just about everything I know about British politics, I've learned in the last couple of days from front page diaries on the British elections.

Try laying out the basis for comparison more clearly. An initial jumping off point would be identifying the differences between the British parties and then comparing that to American parties.

by Gary Boatwright 2005-04-09 05:32AM | 0 recs

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