Party line

Party line may refer to:

  • Party line (politics), an informal term for the agenda of a political party
  • Party line (telephony), a system where multiple telephone customers are connected to the same phone line
  • The Partyline Line (books), a series of books by Carrie Austen
  • Film, television, and radio

  • Party Line (film), a 1988 indie film
  • "Party Line" (SMW episode), 1991 episode of cartoon series Super Mario World
  • "Party Line" (The Shield), 2008 episode of the television program The Shield
  • The Party Line (radio), a topical sitcom on BBC Radio 4
  • Party Line, a call-in radio program on WBTG AM 1290 in Sheffield, Alabama
  • Music

  • "Party Line" (The Kinks song), from their 1966 album, Face to Face
  • "Party Line" (Andrea True Connection song), 1976
  • Partyline, a Washington, D.C.-based band
  • Party Line, a 1982 album by the Powder Blues Band
  • "The Party Line", a song on the 2015 album Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance by Belle and Sebastian
  • Party Line (Wanessa song) a 2010 song by Brazilian singer Wanessa
  • Party line (politics)

    In politics, the line or the party line is an idiom for a political party or social movement's canon agenda, as well as specific ideological elements specific to the organization's partisanship. The common phrase toeing the party line describes a person who speaks in a manner that conforms to his political party's agenda. Likewise, a party-line vote is one in which most or all of the legislators from each political party voted in accordance with that party's policies. In several countries, a whip attempts to ensure this.

    The Marxist-Leninist concept (see General line of the party) of democratic centralism involves strict adherence to, and defense of, a communist party's positions in public.

    According to American educator Herbert Kohl, writing about debates in New York in the late 1940s and early 1950s,

    On the other hand, in inner-party debate sessions, the line can be questioned, criticized, and changed if necessary.

    Used loosely, the phrase "the party line" may also refer to the non-party organizations such as religious groups, business offices, or social network a that may have a semi-official organizational policy or position that is unrelated to any political party.

    Party line (telephony)

    A party line, or alternatively party wire,multiparty line, or (chiefly UK) shared service (line), is a local loop telephone circuit that is shared by multiple telephone service subscribers.

    Party line systems were widely used to provide telephone service, starting with the first commercial switchboards in 1878. A majority of Bell System subscribers in the mid-20th century in the United States and Canada were serviced by party lines, which carried a billing discount over individual service; during wartime shortages, these were often the only available lines. British users similarly benefited from the party line discount. Farmers in rural Australia used party lines, where a single line spanned miles from the nearest town to one property and on to the next.

    History

    Telephone companies offered party lines since the late 1800s, although subscribers in all but the most rural areas may have had the option to upgrade to private line service at an additional monthly charge. The service was common in sparsely-populated areas where remote properties are spread across large distances, such as Australia (where these were operated by the Government Post Master General department). In rural areas in the early 20th century, additional subscribers and telephones, often numbered in several dozen, were frequently connected to the single loop available.

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    Party Line

    by: kinks

    I'm on a party line,
    Wonderin' all the time,
    Who's on the other end?
    Is she big, is she small?
    Is she a she at all?
    Who's on my party line?
    Wish I had a more direct connection.
    This party line was here when I arrived.
    And I'm not voting in the next election,
    If they don't do something about finding out
    the person who is on my party line.
    I'm on a party line.
    I'm on a party line.
    I can't speak without an interception.
    This is private, please get off my line.
    Please tell me when I can have my privacy.
    I'd like to meet the girl who's always talking
    when I'm speaking on my party line.
    Wish I had a more direct connection.
    This party line was here when I arrived.
    And I'm not voting in the next election,
    If they don't do something about finding out
    the person who is on my party line.
    I'm on a party line,
    Wonderin' all the time,
    Who's on the other end?
    Is she big, is she small?
    Is she a she at all?
    Who's on my party line?
    Who's on my party line?




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