Talk:Progressive Democrats

message: 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)
replies: text: Refer to WP:LOGO --18.242.7.128 00:48, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Progressive Democrat logo

message: 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)
replies: text: Agree.ant_ie 17:21, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: "Neoliberalism" as party ideology

message: ".....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)
thread_title:  Quote or Polemic 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Leadership 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  Likely fate 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: It's a bit of a Jamaica coalition without the colours and give or take the ambiguity over where Fianna Fáil sits in conventional systems but the idea is far from new. Timrollpickering (talk) 15:30, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coalition 

message: What is the difference between an Party Leader and a Party President? --89.60.212.114 (talk) 17:58, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: A party president is usually the head of the extra-parliamentary party and has various formal functions (for example they may be the one to receive a leader's resignation), whereas the leader is the key public spokesperson for the party, candidate for Taoiseach (or Tánaiste). Timrollpickering (talk) 07:53, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Leader and President

message: The current slow edit warring on whether the PDs are actually extinct yet or not is not helpful. Has there been any coverage in the media as to when the party did/will formally cease to be a current legal entity? Timrollpickering (talk) 21:17, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: They ceased to exist when they voted to disbandment in November 2008. All thats left is some legal dotting and crossing etc. Snappy (talk) 23:58, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Formal dissolution 

message: Shouldn't their role in the current economic recession particularily in regard to their policies towards regulation (or rather lack of it) of the banking and construction industries be commented upon.
Exiledone (talk) 01:13, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Absolutely, it should. Joe Higgins however, is not a neutral source, its just one political party criticising another. When you find some npov sources, you should add in such material. Snappy (talk) 21:16, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: No bother. Joe was the only one I could find at the time and lets face it he does great speeches. I wouldn't have been a massive fan of that party to be honest and I don't like that last paragraph. I think it needs balance.
Exiledone (talk) 14:31, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Role in the recession? 

message: Is there any reason to include Ireland in the title? I understood it to be Wikipedia convention to only have brackets in the title to distinguish articles of the same precise name. I know you mightn't know the party was from Ireland by the name alone, but you could say the same of the National Progressive Democrats. It's the kind of thing that should be avoided because it will mean going back over old links, and a lot of historic pages on Irish politics a little less neat in their coding. William Quill (talk) 16:58, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why the country identifier? 

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