Talk:Progressive Democrats

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[edit] Section on the party's future

I removed the section on the party's future as it was speculative and seems dated with the references to Fine Gael's performance in 2004 (so unencyclopedic). Some of what's here could be incorporated into the main text abour the party. There were also a few minor mistakes. William Quill 12:56, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Agree. Good job. ant_ie

[edit] Progressive Democrat logo

Unless this logo is licensed under GFDL it can't be shown per wiki rules Wikipedia:Image use policy.

Fair use. Do you think the Microsoft logo is GFDL? --18.242.7.128 00:47, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
Refer to WP:LOGO --18.242.7.128 00:48, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Neoliberalism" as party ideology

I've removed "neoliberalism" as a party ideology, as the term seems to be more of a slur than anything else. If someone can point to an instance of any Progressive Democrat party official describing the party as "neoliberal", an argument can be made to include it but to the best of my knowledge no such instance exists. Midos 15:38, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Agree.ant_ie 17:21, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quote or Polemic

".....And did we have to pay some very high price for pursuing this policy option? Did we have to dismantle the welfare state? Did we have to abandon the concept of social inclusion? The answer is no: we didn't".'

Is this section a quote from Mary Harney or a polemic by the editor. If the later it should be removed if a quote - corrected and clearly shown as such.

--Gramscis cousin 13:32, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Leadership

Is Harney restored to the leadership or currently just acting in post until the formal process can be sorted out? (Is the other PD TD ambitious?) Timrollpickering 17:36, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

We do not know as of it. See RTE News ant_ie 21:28, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Likely fate

What's the likely future of the party? I think they'll hardly expect to make a comeback from such an utter defeat; are there any contingency plans? —Nightstallion (?) 21:15, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

From what I've seen in the media it seems the current plan is first to get hold of and throttle McDowell for his instant resignation leaving everything in the lurch! Otherwise there's a mixture of views floating about, especially over whether or not to stay in government (Bertie has said he'll have themn) - some are arguing it's their only hope, others are arguing Harney can carry on as Health Minister as an individual or maybe rejoin Fianna Fáil, but without the party formally participating (although how exactly a difference between half the PD TDs being in government in an individual capacity and a formal coalition is to be presented to the electorate is beyond me) and some seem to be resigned to the end. Timrollpickering 21:53, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ideology

I can't see why the ideology of the party can't be simply liberalism. Economic liberalism is obviously a componenent of liberalism. As one user said before me, neoliberalism is not needed to eplain the ideology of the party... at least we can exchange it with libertarianism. --Checco 22:06, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Really no-one has anything to say about it? --Checco 18:50, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
Nothing really to add over what's been mentioned in edit summaries. Liberalism and Economic Liberalism are not necessarily the same thing - hence the need for two separate articles . Libertarianism is something else altogether and I don't think it applies to the PDs. I have no strong opinion either way on the inclusion of Neoliberalism. DrFrench 19:04, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
Yes, but economic liberalism is a branch of liberalism and this is the only article about a liberal party mentioning both liberalism and economic liberalism, so my proposal is to leave only liberalism. Second, can we remove neoliberalism? --Checco 09:27, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
If they are indeed socially and economically liberal, then including just "liberalism" should suffice. If, however, they are economically liberal but socially centrist or even socially conservative, we should say so. —Nightstallion 09:33, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
As from the party's website, they clearly state they are a liberal party. I think it is best to keep it at that. ant_ie 12:06, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, I'd go with that, then. —Nightstallion 15:09, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Do remember that how a party describes itself may not be how it operates in practice. I'm sure you can think of extreme examples of parties which described themselves as 'socialist' or 'democratic' which were neither. DrFrench 15:26, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
If we are to appoint other labels to this party, it will need proof, untill then all we have is the Liberal label. ant_ie 18:12, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
I agree with DrFrench when he says that often parties describe themeselves differently from what they are, but in this case I consider "liberalism" the best ideological classification for this party, which is both economically liberal and socially liberal (as a party can be socially liberal in conservative Ireland, off course!). --Checco 18:22, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
I ahve spoken with people from the PD's and I would clearly label them as liberals, economic liberals. Electionworld Talk? 18:33, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Cavanagd 11:01, 17 July 2007 (UTC)== Cavanagd's edit ==

although evidence proves that although it may have at one stage been socially Liberal in its support for divorce and contraception, it is no longer Liberal and is as socially permissive as any other Irish centrist party.[1]

I am removing this again as the source does not match the opinion. I do not want to enter into an edit war, so if I am wrong, let me know. ant_ie 09:21, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

It is clearly no longer socially Liberal. Granted, it was at one stage in relation to condoms and divorce etc. but nowadays it is not, as can be seen in relation to the magic mushroom banning and lack of support for gay civil unions (other parties do support them)

(Cavanagd 11:40, 16 July 2007 (UTC))


To be honest the onus is on you to prove that the PDs are in fact socially Liberal - you haven't provided a source to back that incorrect claim.

Cavanagd 08:38, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

As far I am ware this is the general consenus at present by editors of this article. The socal liberal term was not added by me buy noone else has remove it except you.ant_ie 10:47, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Do you think they should retain the social liberal tag then? In order for something to be truthful there needs to be evidence to support that claim. There is no evidence to support the claim that the PDs are socially Liberal. Can we not change it to economically Liberal instead?

The reason I am making this request is because I hate it when the PDs claim they are socially Liberal when their stances claim otherwise. Just look at their manifesto in the last election. Cavanagd 11:01, 17 July 2007 (UTC

I don't have a problem deleting this "and social or moral matters" from the article. Also please see Wikipedia:Talk page on how to format your responses on talk pages, it just helps with easier reading of a discussion.Thanks ant_ie 17:28, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Coalition

The last sentence of the opening paragraph says PD are still in coalition with FF and the Greens. Is this still the case? It seems there defeat in the recent elections has brought an end to that? Have I missed my guess? Granted, I am many thousands of miles away, but my understanding is that the coalition collapsed. ---TheoldanarchistComhrá 21:49, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Nope they are in coalition for a third term in a row. See GP & FF agree to draft Govt programme ant_ie 23:45, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Aahhh... ok. Thanks for clearing that up. Am I the only one who finds a coalition of FF, PD, and the Greens very strange? ---TheoldanarchistComhrá 16:18, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Leader and President

What is the difference between an Party Leader and a Party President? --89.60.212.114 (talk) 17:58, 17 February 2008 (UTC)