Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Short rundown
Ah, hell. The last post was probably a bit too long, so here comes the quick rundown of how Danish parties stand:
Unity List: Communists, with all that entails.
Socialist People´s Party: Ex-communists mixed with humanist an environmental fundamentalism. IE, reality doesnt matter, ideology does.
Social Democrats: Social Democrats. Democratic socialists with a tinge of sanity. The left wing is beyond salvage, though.
Radical Left: The self-proclaimed center party. Fundamentalist humanists trying to talk people into believing they are both pro-poor and pro-rich (Richard Flordias ideas). When one of their constituencies finds out about the other, the party is in for a world of hurt.
Left - Denmarks Liberal Party: Social Democrats. They still have an economically liberal wing that is making a lot of noise about the party´s move to the left. An actual liberal party is under formation. We will see if it manages to draw strength from disaffected elements in Left.
The Conservative People´s Party: Socially responsible conservatives. Pro-business, too. They have a strong urge to be the big party in the middle, though, that is not going to do them any good if they follow it.
Danish People´s Party: The right wing of the Social Democrats in all but name. That is also where they have a lot of their voters from.
In short, you could take the Radicals, the left wing of the Social Democrats, the Socialist People´s Party and the Unity List and smack them together, and nobody would know the difference.
Same with the right wing of the Social Democrats, the Danish People´s Party and the left wings of the Conservatives and Left.
The remainder might actually form an actual rightwing party.
Henrik
Unity List: Communists, with all that entails.
Socialist People´s Party: Ex-communists mixed with humanist an environmental fundamentalism. IE, reality doesnt matter, ideology does.
Social Democrats: Social Democrats. Democratic socialists with a tinge of sanity. The left wing is beyond salvage, though.
Radical Left: The self-proclaimed center party. Fundamentalist humanists trying to talk people into believing they are both pro-poor and pro-rich (Richard Flordias ideas). When one of their constituencies finds out about the other, the party is in for a world of hurt.
Left - Denmarks Liberal Party: Social Democrats. They still have an economically liberal wing that is making a lot of noise about the party´s move to the left. An actual liberal party is under formation. We will see if it manages to draw strength from disaffected elements in Left.
The Conservative People´s Party: Socially responsible conservatives. Pro-business, too. They have a strong urge to be the big party in the middle, though, that is not going to do them any good if they follow it.
Danish People´s Party: The right wing of the Social Democrats in all but name. That is also where they have a lot of their voters from.
In short, you could take the Radicals, the left wing of the Social Democrats, the Socialist People´s Party and the Unity List and smack them together, and nobody would know the difference.
Same with the right wing of the Social Democrats, the Danish People´s Party and the left wings of the Conservatives and Left.
The remainder might actually form an actual rightwing party.
Henrik
# posted by Henrik @ 2:59 PM 
