Talk:Jan Simonsen

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[edit] Exclusion

The statement in Norwegian from the general secretary of the Progress Party was as follows: Frp har etter en helhetsvurdering funnet at det er best for begge parter at vi skiller lag. If any Norwegian speaking reads this page and think they have a better translation, feel free to change it. —This unsigned comment was added by 129.177.30.18 (talk • contribs) 06:04, 1 December 2003 (UTC).

[edit] Neutrality

The article seems a bit biased, with a peculiar introduction and lots of juicy stories about Simonsen, and just a few dry facts about his terms in various parliamentary committees. Is there nothing more positive to say from his 16 consecutive years (4 periods) in Parliament and also earlier career? I don't know much about him myself so I hope others can contribute. In the mean time I will perhaps tag the article with {{neutrality}} or {{controversial}} or something. --Eddi (Talk) 23:06, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neutrality (2)

The article is currently not close to neutral. For example:

1) None of Simonsen`s achievements in his 25 year political carrier is mentioned, except his "experience" in various organisations.

2) Contains subjective information such as "He refuses the tag of racist, but maintains a series of somehow peculiar political views:" or "These stunts (...) may be explained with the necessity of maintaining a certain presence in the media, since his expulsion from the Progress Party."

3) The author portraits Simonsen as an anti-islamic racist, but "forgets" to mention his many Muslim Palestinian friends which Simonsen supports with a major amount of money.

4) It is difficult to see how the information about Simonsen taking advice from a male prostitute when writing a book s of any relevance. This is mentioned in the start of the article....