Bono, why do you support Fremskrittspartiet in Norway? They're xenophobic populists who want a massive expansion of the welfare state. Not what I'd expect from you.
I read they want to seriously dismantle the welfare state and make the economy more free market.
Their only real idea is spending all of the oil millions in one big bang on everything and everyone, which would basically destroy the Norwegian economy.
The wiki article mentions they are for an increase in consumption taxes, a decrease in income taxes, and liberalization of labour laws, and other free market liberal policies. The Norsk Wikipedia agrees with me when it says it is liberal.
Well, living in Sweden I get plenty of Norwegian news, which I trust over Wikipedia. It's true that Fremskrittspartiet cooperates with the right, but that's only because they dislike foreigners and taxes. Their electoral break-through was based on anti-immigration rethoric. Their party chairman said, for instance: We Christians like children. Jesus said "let the little children come to me". I don't know that Muhammed said something similar. If he did, it would have been "let the little children come to me so that I can use them in my fight for Muslim values" (my translation of Norwegian).
Also, it points out that the liberal side of the party actually left in protest, forming their own party a while back. It should be emphasized that the whole anti-tax thing is more populist than ideological.
For one thing, I don't see how being anti-immigration makes them less liberal. Next thing you'll be telling me Ron Paul isn't a libertarian. Either way, they can just be liberal conservative if that suits you, I won't dispute that. What economically populist policies do they advocate?
Besides, the article says the populist wing left in protest, not the liberal:
