Brendy - 01 Oct 03 - 11:23 PM

It isn't a phenomenon that is restricted to England, unfortunately.
In Norway, there is a 'Progressive Party', that wean quite a lot of (especially) the older voters away from their Labour roots, by promising everything Labour does not, while accentuating already held fears that their heritage and culture is under attack.

It is National Socialism, and it is rampant in Europe. - REALLY???

What Brendy omits to mention is that as far as Norway is concerned, in the recent (15th September) elections he referred to, two parties did unexpectedly well the FrP (Progressive Party) and the SV (Socialist Venstre) a party as much to the left as the FrP are to the right. Norway has 21 registered political parties and be-devilled as they are with the combined drawbacks and blessings of a system that embraces proportional representation, it is highly unlikely that the FrP will ever form a government that would hold any sort of majority. It would be part of a coalition, they have been before, and that coalition would have to rule by concensus not dictat.