[Irish_Thatcherite]

We don't have a party by that name!! Maybe you mean the Progressive Democrats - vaguely classical liberal/conservative.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

That's what I was getting at!

Is there anywhere in the Irish Republic where someone like Edmund Burke would be able to be elected today?

You know, akin to New Hampshire or Arizona, apprx a decade ago?

[darkangel82]

Maybe you mean the Progressive Democrats - vaguely classical liberal/conservative.

Very different from what's called "Progressive Democrats" in the US.