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« on: August 25, 2010, 12:43:35 PM »
Which UK party is closest to today's Republican Party?

BNP.
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« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2010, 01:13:12 PM »
UKIP, although different priorities.

Nice trolling, but the GOP won't be putting anything like these in their platform anytime soon:

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« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2010, 01:15:56 PM »
Probably UKIP.
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« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2010, 01:28:15 PM »
I'd say the Tories as both parties have fairly strong links with one another, and also the Tories ideologically aren't very different at all from the Republicans.
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« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2010, 01:28:27 PM »
« Edited: August 25, 2010, 01:33:21 PM by Mideast Assemblyman True Conservative »
Conservatives, maybe UKIP.

Quote from: Gillard > Abbott on August 25, 2010, 12:43:35 PM
Which UK party is closest to today's Republican Party?

BNP.

Stop trolling.
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« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2010, 01:31:04 PM »
UKIP, obviously.
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« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2010, 01:36:57 PM »
Conservative. Some UKIP tendencies perhaps, but not enough for it to be closest.

Anyone saying BNP is a lunatic.
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« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2010, 01:44:56 PM »
« Edited: August 25, 2010, 09:48:26 PM by wormyguy »
Back when Thatcher was PM, definitely the Tories, under Cameron it's probably UKIP.

EDIT: NOT the BNP.
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« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2010, 01:46:36 PM »
Quote from: wormyguy on August 25, 2010, 01:44:56 PM
Back when Thatcher was PM, definitely the Tories, under Cameron it's probably the BNP.

Yeah, Thatcher/Reagan were obviously similar. Cameron/(Modern day GOP: Palin, Romney etc.) aren't.
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« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2010, 01:48:55 PM »
At the mo, it has to be UKIP
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« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2010, 06:15:22 PM »
I agree with those who say the UKIP.

The BNP makes the GOP look like choir boys. The Tories are really much more moderate with Cameron (As well as when Major was PM) than with Thatcher.
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« Reply #11 on: August 25, 2010, 06:30:39 PM »
« Edited: August 25, 2010, 06:32:48 PM by NīK 2.0 »
A bit of all three, IMO. The establisment is more like the Thatcherites of the 1980s then Cameron's new brand, which would be considered "Rockefeller Republicans" or RINOs in today's GOP. The Tea Party movement is a mix of BNP and UKIP types, with the latter being much more common.
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« Reply #12 on: August 25, 2010, 06:44:14 PM »
Quote from: wormyguy on August 25, 2010, 01:13:12 PM
UKIP, although different priorities.

Nice trolling, but the GOP won't be putting anything like these in their platform anytime soon:

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Quote from: wormyguy on August 25, 2010, 01:44:56 PM
Back when Thatcher was PM, definitely the Tories, under Cameron it's probably the BNP.
Huh
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« Reply #13 on: August 25, 2010, 09:45:09 PM »
the GOP is a much bigger tent party than the UKIP, so I'd say the Conservatives, even though the GOP's center of gravity is further to the right
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« Reply #14 on: August 25, 2010, 09:48:49 PM »
Sorry, I meant to say UKIP.
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« Reply #15 on: August 25, 2010, 09:55:15 PM »
Quote from: shua on August 25, 2010, 09:45:09 PM
the GOP is a much bigger tent party than the UKIP, so I'd say the Conservatives, even though the GOP's center of gravity is further to the right

Even if like the Tories, the GOP supports a bigger tent, the policies and actions of the UKIP are more in line with the Republicans.
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