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of a beating.
Ironic, I voted for them, knowing they'd get a beating.
If one did study Political Science, then I'm wondering if someone in here has seen this graph before. It's the "Political Landscape Graph" that I usually look at during our elections (The Netherlands):
The graph is divided into "Left", "Conservative", "Right" and "Progressive". Being progressive does not necessarily mean that one is a leftist, and being conservative doesn't necessarily mean that one is right-wing.
Actually, the division "Left-Right" is usually about "state run by government" vs. "free market thinking". But if one is left-wing, this could still mean certain left-wing ideas are actually very conservative. For instance, not changing government-run health care, and keeping it like it is; status quo. The other thing can be said about right-wing-minded people, who could sometimes turn out to be very progressive, as they want to change more in terms of free market thinking.
Here comes the division "Conservative-Progressive" into place, which is mostly focused on the amount of radical change a political party is willing to achieve combined with the attitude towards certain civil/human rights (think for instance about gay marriage). In fact, the UK is quite unique with this, as the governing parties Tories and LibDems (foremost Tories) paved the way towards gay marriage in the entire UK, which is a typical example of being progressive, while actually supporting a right-wing party (Tories).
The party I am member of in The Netherlands is D66:
They were founded in, indeed, 1966, when young people were asking for radical change in terms of state-structure and type of governance, so that it could result in a better functioning and better representative democracy.
Anyway, as you can see in the graph, D66 is strictly centrist on the scale "Left-Right", whereas on the scale "Progressive-Conservative" D66 is very progressive. As compared to the UK, D66 (social/progressive liberal) can be seen as a sister party of the more cetrist/left-wing minded Liberal Democrats. VVD (conservative liberal) is also a sister party of Liberal Democrats, but they can be more compared with the right-wing parts of Liberal Democrats or the more progressive minded Tories.
Now my question for you dear neighbours across the Channel ;-):
Where would you place the party you have supported / will support today on the above graph? Please let me know.
Well if true, good riddance to them both!
Apparently George Galloway is a goner.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1367974/MP-Dan-Jarvis-Widowed-father-juggling-politics-bringing-2-children.html
I think Cameron has actually done a very good job in this election. I predicted a slim majority for the Conservatives and am very glad that they have achieved this.
I was delighted to see the UUP gain two seats in South Antrim and Fermanagh and South Tyrone. :)
Hey dear UK-friends, I was still wondering if you could give me an answer to the question above ;-).
Me too! A Conservative majority and two new UUP MPs returned to Westminster - Danny Kinahan in South Antrim and Tom Elliott in Fermanagh and South Tyrone. A pity though that Jo-Anne Dobson did not defeat the DUP's David Simpson in Upper Bann, although she was a close second.
Indeed. Almost back to the glory days of Maggie!! And even she didnt manage to inflict such blanket resignations upon her opponents. Fair play to Cameron - I didnt think he had the minerals but hes the daddy now.
Guessing you're not working class then.
He was one of the reasons I didn't vote for them despite normally voting Labour in the past (with a few exceptions like in 2010 when I voted for the Lib Dems).