On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 10:41, James McDonald wrote:
> What does it mean to be "left wing" or "right wing" has anyone got a non 
> satirical explanation.

Sort of (*):

left-wing = liberal = Democrat/Labour = progressive = 'for the worker'

right-ring = conservative = Republican/Tory = reactionary = 'for the
rich guy'

(*) As you can see, this is a very sloppy way to describe things. But I
think this is a 'classical' grouping of these terms. Life is not so
neat.

> 
> I keep hearing these terms and because I am non-political have no idea 
> what they mean?

I suspect many non non-political folk are in the same situation.

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