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date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:01 +0100 (BST),    group: uk.politics.electoral        back       
Re: The left and general elections   
In article  on Wed, 14 Oct
2009 19:13:26 +0100, JN@noparticularplacetogo.com (JNugent) wrote:

> ...to the extent that there has ever been a far-right government, 
> that is. This is because a far-right government would by definition 
> be one that didn't believe in a state apparatus much beyond 
> national defence and law and order - almost but not quite anarchy - 
> and certainly no over-arching ideology to be imposed.

This is a nonsensical and utterly unhistoric definition of right-wing.

By this definition, the Anti-Corn Law League was right-wing, and its
aristocratic opponents were left-wing.

Aristocracy is not a left-wing concept.

-- 
Richard Gadsden
"I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death
your right to say it" - Attributed to Voltaire
date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:01 +0100 (BST)   author:   (Richard Gadsden)

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