Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 19 days agoFor the love of god tell there is one good thing that happened this weekmessage-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareFor the love of god tell there is one good thing that happened this weekDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresomeone [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoThis is entirely true. I was using the official names of the parties so that others could more easily google them if they wanted to.
minus-squareGalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoThe PCs aren’t the official name for the conservative party though.
minus-squaresomeone [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoI was going by the names on the Elections NB registered party list page.
minus-squareGalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoHuh, strange. I thought they’d dropped the P when it became a different party. Maybe they brought it back since they got called the PCs anyway?
minus-squaresomeone [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoThey do tend to not use the word “Progressive” in situations where they want to more strongly link themselves to the federal Conservatives and when they’re not legally required to, such as in interviews.
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This is entirely true. I was using the official names of the parties so that others could more easily google them if they wanted to.
The PCs aren’t the official name for the conservative party though.
I was going by the names on the Elections NB registered party list page.
Huh, strange. I thought they’d dropped the P when it became a different party. Maybe they brought it back since they got called the PCs anyway?
They do tend to not use the word “Progressive” in situations where they want to more strongly link themselves to the federal Conservatives and when they’re not legally required to, such as in interviews.