Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social

Can someone explain to my ignorant US brain what the Lib Dem party is, where it fits on the Tory/Labor/Green spectrum, etc.?

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Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 13:21 UTC

It’s very complicated, but traditionally the LDs are opposed to centralization; stand for socially progressive policies and are the most pro-European in the UK. They’ve also been the strongest advocates of proportional representation.

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The Babe with the Power 🇺🇸🇲🇽 @babewiththepower.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 17:07 UTC

What I already thought and from these replies, they seem to me like a party of contradictions.

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Alun Salt @alunsalt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 11:08 UTC

In short, a centrist party. Long version, the merged result of the Social Democrats, who split from Labour in the 1980s and the Liberal Party, the remains of a party that was big in the early 1900s, but faded in the 1920s.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 10:55 UTC

Nope, I’m still over here chuckling at the reformed Israeli left parties are now named the Democrats

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