hcallega
Jr. Member
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Political Matrix
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« on: January 11, 2010, 03:47:44 PM » |
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Basically the SDLP is a more moderate Sinn Fein, sort of like New Labour vs. Old Labour. In the past there has been a dispute within the party as to whether it should be a social democratic party or a nonviolent nationalist party. The party's founder actually left as he thought it had become more focused on the nationalism than on social democracy.
Sinn Fein is hard to nail down, as in some regards they appear socialist yet their platform is not very radical at all (and this is coming from an American!). They take a page from Fianna Fail and are quick to embrace traditional Irish values.
The two Unionist party's are pretty similar, but the DUP is more radical. Finally, the Alliance is your standard third-way/classical liberal party.
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