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Firstly you're applying party doctrine on a party because of it's name and history, not the current policies of the currently more centrist Labour Party. Hardly socialist at all. Secondly you've gone and used an American use of the word "liberal" to apply to a non-American political sphere. The Liberal Democrats in England and the Liberals in Australian politics are not the same thing as liberals in America. Liberalism in Australia actually refers to economic principles, not social policy. It's all relative anyway. Conservatism in Communist China is "left wing" anywhere else, as it's communist. Yet because it's the status quo, it's "conservative". The whole "right/left" delineation is based on where certain politicians used to sit in parliament. Pointless considering the relativity of it all. http://www.wordiq.com/ Quote:
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I think the term "compassionate conservative" can be used by the far-right to snare centrists and moderates into voting for them. Once elected, some conservatives like this typically have no qualms stabbing these centrists in the back with heavily right leaning policies. GW Bush being an excellent example of this. edit- To be clear I do not wish to generalize all conservatives as not being compassionate or being incapable of compassion. My point is that sometimes this label is used as a political ploy rather than a term to describe centrist leaning conservatives. [ 08-01-2004, 04:04 AM: Message edited by: Chewbacca ]
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