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Political parties and factions

In the United Kingdom

• Kirk Party, a faction of the Scottish Covenanters during the 17th-century Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and the original Whigs
• British Whig Party, one of two political parties in England and the United Kingdom from the 17th to 19th centuries
• Radical Whigs, a faction of British Whigs associated with the American Revolution
• A nickname for the Liberal Party, a UK political party that succeeded the British Whig Party
• A nickname for the Liberal Democrats, a UK political party formed in 1988 by the merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party^[1]

The Kirk Party were a radical Presbyterian faction of the Scottish Covenanters during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. ... The Whigs (with the Tories) are often described as one of two political parties in England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid 19th centuries. ... The Radical Whigs were a group of British political commentators who played a relevant role in the American Revolution. ... This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

In the United States

• Whig Party (United States), an American political party which operated from 1834-1856
• A nickname for Patriots, supporters of the American Revolution

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. ... Go to american revolution at wiki to get the same information provided below! This article concerns Patriots in the Revolutionary War. ...

Other

• True Whig Party, also known as the "Liberian Whig Party", Liberia's only legal political party from 1878 to 1980
• Confederate States Whig Party, a fictional political party created by alternate history author Harry Turtledove

The True Whig, also known as Liberian Whig Party, was Liberias only legal political party for over 100 years, from 1878 to the coup detat of 1980. ... The dominant political party of the Confederate States of America in Harry Turtledoves alternate history book series Great War and American Empire. ...

Music

• The Whigs, a 2000s garage rock band
• The Afghan Whigs, a 1990s indie rock band

The Whigs are a garage rock band from Athens, Georgia, comprising of Parker Gispert, Hank Sullivant(who has left the band), and Julian Dorio. ... The Afghan Whigs were a soul-influenced rock band from Cincinnati. ...

Newspapers

• Cecil Whig of Cecil County, Maryland, United States
• Kingston Whig Standard of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
• Knoxville Whig, of Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
• Quincy Herald-Whig of Quincy, Illinois, United States

Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... The Kingston Whig-Standard is a daily newspaper in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. ... The Knoxville Whig was a Knoxville, Tennessee paper begun by William G. Brownlow. ... Quincy Newspapers, Inc. ...

Other uses

• American Whig-Cliosophic Society, also known as "Whig-Clio", a political, literary, and debating society at Princeton University
• White House Iraq Group, also known as the White House Information Group
• Whiggish historiography, a theoretical approach among historians

The American Whig-Cliosophic Society (short form: Whig-Clio) is the oldest college political, literary, and debating society in continual existence in the world. ... The White House Iraq Group (aka, White House Information Group or WHIG) was the marketing arm of the Republican Party whose purpose was to sell the 2003 invasion of Iraq to the public. ... Whig historiography perceives the past as a teleological progression toward the present. ...

See also

• Wig (disambiguation)

Wig may refer to: For a wig as in false hair, see Wig; For an article on stock index see WIG; Wing In Ground, a type of Ground effect; For WiG, Women in Green, see Women for Israels Tomorrow. ...

Notes

1. ^ Examples of "Whig" used of LibDems: Fight the flour where a LibDem raffled VIP tickets, Guardian Unlimited Politics reminiscences by Laurence Howarth

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