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Are there any wars other than the 2023 Israel-Hamas War that are named after a country and a political party?
"Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict" is the current title of a Wikipedia page. The Houthis are only a faction in Yemen, but they claim to be the legitimate government, IIRC. Their own wiki page ...
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Besides Jamaica, are there other countries where a "Labour" (or Workers' etc.) party is actually right-wing/conservative?
Up until very recently, the Brazilian Labour Party would have fit these criteria; despite the name suggesting a left-wing ideology, the party pivoted right in recent years. In November 2023, it merged ...
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Besides Jamaica, are there other countries where a "Labour" (or Workers' etc.) party is actually right-wing/conservative?
In Portugal, the PSD (Partido Social Democrata, Social Democratic Party) is the main centre-right party, with 77 seats in the current Portuguese parliament. The main centre-left party is just the PS (...
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Are there any wars other than the 2023 Israel-Hamas War that are named after a country and a political party?
Here is a good site enumerating the way wars in history have been named previously: https://www.historyguy.com/naming_of_wars.htm
In brief these are the 10 different ways wars tend to get named.
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Besides Jamaica, are there other countries where a "Labour" (or Workers' etc.) party is actually right-wing/conservative?
In early Russian Federation (and some would say to this day), Communist Party was conservative/Right Wing because other political forces were taking the progressivist / reformist / economic liberal ...
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Besides Jamaica, are there other countries where a "Labour" (or Workers' etc.) party is actually right-wing/conservative?
Spain's Frente Obrero (literally: "Workers' Front") fits the description, at least when it comes to social matters:
Despite being strongly connected with the PML(RC) and supporting
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Besides Jamaica, are there other countries where a "Labour" (or Workers' etc.) party is actually right-wing/conservative?
The Danish party Venstre (literally "the Left") started out as a left-wing party, but by now is considered center-right.
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Besides Jamaica, are there other countries where a "Labour" (or Workers' etc.) party is actually right-wing/conservative?
At the European parliament there is the center-right European People's Party, and one of its Spanish members is Partido Popular (People's Party).
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Are there any wars other than the 2023 Israel-Hamas War that are named after a country and a political party?
The closest historical equivalent may be WW2.
Both declarations of war by the USA (against Japan and against Germany) were declared not on those countries, but explicitly on their governments:
Quote:
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Besides Jamaica, are there other countries where a "Labour" (or Workers' etc.) party is actually right-wing/conservative?
The Cambodian People's Party - I know it's 'People's' and not Labour or Worker, but it started out as a dictatorial Communist Party - as in 'people's republic' - and is now a dictatorial conservative ...
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Have any countries besides France banned pro-Palestine demonstrations recently?
Apparently Hungary. Although it was described just as a ban on pro-Hamas demonstrations:
October 13
Hungary will not allow any rallies supporting "terrorist organisations," Prime Minister ...
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Besides Jamaica, are there other countries where a "Labour" (or Workers' etc.) party is actually right-wing/conservative?
The Liberal Party of Australia is a right-wing party.
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