Talk:Progressive Party (Iceland)

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Who in earth put that framsókn is a liberal party? That is utterly wrong they are conservative and behave communist towards the free market such as blocking imports of foreign meat and paying all costs of farmers

What you have to realize is that in English "liberal" can mean "left wing" as opposed to "right wing" in politics. And Framsóknarflokkurinn is in many respects more a leftist party than a right wing party. (They call themselves a middle party.) However, that's not to say that they aren't conservative in the non-political sense of the word. (What English speakers often take for granted, but shouldn't is that the conservative/liberal divide isn't really the same as the right/left dichotomy). But there you have it: terminalogical infelicities have a way of breeding conceptual confusion (to quote a philosopher). Bottom line: Framsóknarflokkurinn could be categorized as both liberal and conservative, but in case that's too confusing for English readers, it should probably be categorized as a liberal party. --D. Webb 22:29, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Butcer

Removing this as it is not true

Throughout Iceland's history as a self-governing and independent nation, the Progressive Party has most often been the second largest political party in the country

But it is true, so I am reinserting it. Do a little research before you go making changes like this. --Bjarki 00:17, 26 April 2007 (UTC)