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Common Course

Common Course Workers' Party ( ), more commonly known as Common Course ( (FK)), was a Eurosceptic political party in Denmark led by Preben Møller Hansen, which held 4 seats in the Danish parliament from 1987 to 1988. It was formed out of the communist wing of maritime workers' unions and initially envisaged a front of progressive left-wing parties, before becoming a political party in 1986. It tried to appeal to urban workers, farmers, and pensioners, and idealised a past Denmark that 'put people in the centre', a tradition which it claimed the European Economic Community was 'destroying'. Its brief time in the parliament ended due to a split vote on the left, and the party's perceived conservative slants led it to create an ill-fated alliance with right-wing politician Mogens Glistrup in 1990. The rise of more viable left-wing parties spelled the end for Common Course.

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Common Course Workers' Party ( ), more commonly known as Common Course ( (FK)), was a Eurosceptic political party in Denmark led by Preben Møller Hansen, which held 4 seats in the Danish parliament from 1987 to 1988. It was formed out of the communist wing of maritime workers' unions and initially envisaged a front of progressive left-wing parties, before becoming a political party in 1986. It tried to appeal to urban workers, farmers, and pensioners, and idealised a past Denmark that 'put people in the centre', a tradition which it claimed the European Economic Community was 'destroying'. Its brief time in the parliament ended due to a split vote on the left, and the party's perceived conservative slants led it to create an ill-fated alliance with right-wing politician Mogens Glistrup in 1990. The rise of more viable left-wing parties spelled the end for Common Course.

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  1. date of formation: 1986 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of formation is "1986". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352127467

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