Liberal Party - Revision history

DavidB4-bot: /* top */Spelling, grammar, and general cleanup, typos fixed: World-wide → Worldwide

2017-04-09T02:57:40Z

top: Spelling, grammar, and general cleanup, typos fixed: World-wide → Worldwide

2016-06-27T07:06:20Z

top: clean up & uniformity

2013-10-02T18:27:14Z

2010-09-21T00:08:22Z

adding to

2010-09-20T23:53:59Z

correcting liberal spin.....liberals, in spite of their protestations, are never pro-business in U.S. political understanding

2010-09-20T23:49:07Z

2010-09-20T23:48:39Z

improve

2009-03-15T10:00:42Z

2009-03-14T11:08:03Z

2008-11-17T02:34:08Z

There's no cat:Conservatism nor Conservatism template, so this will have to do for now.

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 * '''The [[Democratic Party]] in the [[United States]] is now often referred to as "The Liberal Party".'''
-World-wide, although some "liberal" parties claim to be "pro-business" or "pro-small business" they invariably adopt policies that are anti-corporation, anti-large business and increase corporate taxation to provide more social welfare "benefits", typical of [[liberals]] in the U.S.
+Worldwide, although some "liberal" parties claim to be "pro-business" or "pro-small business" they invariably adopt policies that are anti-corporation, anti-large business and increase corporate taxation to provide more social welfare "benefits", typical of [[liberals]] in the U.S.
 [[Category:Political Parties]]
 [[Category:Liberalism]]
 [[Category:Liberals]]

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 [[Category:Political Parties]]
 [[Category:Liberalism]]
-[[Category: Liberals]]
+[[Category:Liberals]]

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 * The '''[[Liberal Party of Australia]]''', founded in 1944.  There was also an earlier Liberal Party (Australia) during the second decade of the [[20th century]].
 * The '''[[Liberal Party of Canada]]''' is a [[leftist]] political party.
 * '''The [[Democratic Party]] in the [[United States]] is now often referred to as "The Liberal Party".'''

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 * The '''[[British Liberal Party]]''' was powerful from the 1860s to 1920, then declined.  It evolved from the Whig Party. Most members merged with Social Democratic Party (SDP) to form the [[Liberal Democrats]] in 1988.
-* The '''[[Liberal Party of Australia]]''', founded in [[1944]].  There was also an earlier Liberal Party (Australia) during the second decade of the [[20th century]].
+* The '''[[Liberal Party of Australia]]''', founded in 1944.  There was also an earlier Liberal Party (Australia) during the second decade of the [[20th century]].
 * The '''[[Liberal Party of Canada]]''' is a [[leftist]] political party.
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 * '''The [[Democratic Party]] in the [[United States]] is now often referred to as "The Liberal Party".'''
 [[Category:Political Parties]]
 [[Category:Liberalism]]
 [[Category: Liberals]]

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 <big>"'''Liberal Party'''" is the name of some like-named [[political parties]] in a number of countries:</big>
-The '''[[British Liberal Party]]''' was powerful from the 1860s to 1920, then declined.  It evolved from the Whig Party. Most members merged with [[Social Democratic Party (SDP)]] to form the [[Liberal Democrats]] in 1988.
+* The '''[[British Liberal Party]]''' was powerful from the 1860s to 1920, then declined.  It evolved from the Whig Party. Most members merged with Social Democratic Party (SDP) to form the [[Liberal Democrats]] in 1988.
-The '''[[Liberal Party of Australia]]''' is a pro-business conservative party, founded in [[1944]].  There was also an earlier [[Liberal Party (Australia)|Liberal Party]] during the second decade of the [[20th century]].
+* The '''[[Liberal Party of Australia]]''', founded in [[1944]].  There was also an earlier Liberal Party (Australia) during the second decade of the [[20th century]].
-The '''[[Liberal Party of Canada]]''' is a centre left, pro-business party.
+* The '''[[Liberal Party of Canada]]''' is a [[leftist]] political party.
-'''The [[Democratic Party]] in the [[United States]] is now often referred to as "The Liberal Party".'''
+* '''The [[Democratic Party]] in the [[United States]] is now often referred to as "The Liberal Party".'''

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−	<big>"'''Liberal Party'''" is the name of some [[political parties]] in a number of countries:</big>	+	<big>"'''Liberal Party'''" is the name of some like-named [[political parties]] in a number of countries:</big>

	The '''[[British Liberal Party]]''' was powerful from the 1860s to 1920, then declined. It evolved from the Whig Party. Most members merged with [[Social Democratic Party (SDP)]] to form the [[Liberal Democrats]] in 1988.		The '''[[British Liberal Party]]''' was powerful from the 1860s to 1920, then declined. It evolved from the Whig Party. Most members merged with [[Social Democratic Party (SDP)]] to form the [[Liberal Democrats]] in 1988.

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 In the [[United Kingdom]], the [[Liberal Party]] evolved from the Whig Party. The majority of members went on to merge with the [[Social Democratic Party (SDP)]] to form the [[Liberal Democrats]] in 1988. A minority of members maintained the Liberal Party name and formed a new party because they felt that the Liberal Democrats had lost the ideals of the original party.
 [[Category:Political Parties]]
 [[Category:Liberalism]]
 [[Category:Conservative]]