Which political party do you side with?

[northwichcat]

There's a quiz here: http://uk.isidewith.com/

I took the quiz and in my results I was surprised to see Plaid Cymru come third. Although I'm not surprised to see them appear above UKIP and the BNP in my results.

 

[Greenback]

Well, that was a bit of fun!

Disappointed to see a mere 84% match with Plaid Cymru for me.

 

[Buttsy]

Unsurprising for me, Greens just nudged off top spot by Labour

 

[TheKnightWho]

The Lib Dems, unsurprisingly.

I'm most proud of my 0% BNP score, to be honest.

 

[Nym]

The Lib Dems, unsurprisingly.

I'm most proud of my 0% BNP score, to be honest.

Yeah, my BNP and UKIP score was 61%, just goes to show how accurate it can be as I'd never vote either of these sets of idiots in...

 

[northwichcat]

Yeah, my BNP and UKIP score was 61%, just goes to show how accurate it can be as I'd never vote either of these sets of idiots in...

A couple of years back a random selection of people were surveyed on BNP policies but they weren't told they were BNP policies, they were then asked a final question about whether they support BNP policies. Almost everyone surveyed showed some support for at least one of their policies but then said they don't support any BNP policies in response to the final question.

 

[trentside]

I came up with Labour, which is by and large accurate.

The SNP and Plaid came in second and third for me, despite the fact that I put my preference as against Scottish independence. I think it was my high priorities relating to transport that pushed those two higher.

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Yeah, my BNP and UKIP score was 61%, just goes to show how accurate it can be as I'd never vote either of these sets of idiots in...

It's not just me then, as I was slightly worried.

Apparently my high scores for the BNP related to my strong support for the NHS.

 

[TheKnightWho]

Yeah, my BNP and UKIP score was 61%, just goes to show how accurate it can be as I'd never vote either of these sets of idiots in...

It may well be accurate, but I think the quiz puts undue weight on the BNP's and UKIP's policies with regards to everything except immigration and the EU.

Quite frankly, agreeing with UKIP on education is pretty much irrelevant if you don't support leaving the EU, for example.

 

[fowler9]

Green came top. Then Plaid Cymru, then Scottish Nationals' then Labour. I'll take that.

 

[GatwickDepress]

I side with Green on most political issues.

87% Green (Yes.)
85% Labour (Perhaps.)
83% Liberal Democrats. (Not likely.)

 

[Greenback]

It may well be accurate, but I think the quiz puts undue weight on the BNP's and UKIP's policies with regards to everything except immigration and the EU.

Quite frankly, agreeing with UKIP on education is pretty much irrelevant if you don't support leaving the EU, for example.

I agree. I sided with Labour, but I thought the questions were focused on immigration, even health care managed to get a bit about immigrants in.

Not really that accurate for me as I would always choose PC over Labour. but a bit of fun nonetheless!

 

[fowler9]

Mine kind of backed up what I would consider voting next time out.

 

[TheKnightWho]

I agree. I sided with Labour, but I thought the questions were focused on immigration, even health care managed to get a bit about immigrants in.

Not really that accurate for me as I would always choose PC over Labour. but a bit of fun nonetheless!

Yeah, it's good to see how things stack up. It's been amusing seeing certain unsavoury characters on Facebook saying how rubbish it is because they got the BNP, for example. The "I'm not racist, but..." types.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

96% Ukip
77% Tory (it'll be a cold day in Hell when I vote for that lot)
67% BNP (as above)
62% Lib Dem (I feel sick)
>50% Labour, Green, SNP and PC

 

[Nym]

A couple of years back a random selection of people were surveyed on BNP policies but they weren't told they were BNP policies, they were then asked a final question about whether they support BNP policies. Almost everyone surveyed showed some support for at least one of their policies but then said they don't support any BNP policies in response to the final question.

I won't deny I support some of the BNPs policies (even though they way they plan to impliment them is clearly not sustainable). However, I do not support the BNP because of some of their policies...

 

[DownSouth]

Yeah, my BNP and UKIP score was 61%, just goes to show how accurate it can be as I'd never vote either of these sets of idiots in...

But it doesn't really matter what score you get for anything other than your #1 party when you use the first past the post voting system rather than a preferential ballot or proportional representation.

Apparently my high scores for the BNP related to my strong support for the NHS.

Hmm, if that's a problem for you then maybe someone should tell them it was actually invented by the Germans and originally called the Nationalen Medizinischen System.

That's what Google Translate gave me for "national medical system" - the translation it gave me for NHS was simply so awesome even some UKIP supporters might embrace it!

 

[TheKnightWho]

That's what Google Translate gave me for "national medical system" - the translation it gave me for NHS was simply so awesome even some UKIP supporters might embrace it!

HAHA! I genuinely laughed out loud when I saw that.

 

[Gemz91]

89% BNP for me.... not sure what my Asian wife will make of that.

 

[Johnuk123]

http://www.nottinghampost.com/Bus-p...ing-Lib-Dems/story-20778854-detail/story.html

The Liberal Democrats suffered a blow last Thursday after being beaten at a city by-election - by satirist Lord Biro, representing the Bus-pass Elvis party.

The Liberals face virtual total destruction at the European elections which won't look good when you consider Europe is their main selling point

In my opinion Clegg is doing a magnificent job of making the Liberals even more ridiculous than ever.

They've always been a party of weird individuals on the outer fringe of sensible politics but Clegg has managed to make them even more of a laughing stock than normal.

 

[TheKnightWho]

http://www.nottinghampost.com/Bus-p...ing-Lib-Dems/story-20778854-detail/story.html



The Liberals face virtual total destruction at the European elections which won't look good when you consider Europe is their main selling point

In my opinion Clegg is doing a magnificent job of making the Liberals even more ridiculous than ever.

They've always been a party of weird individuals on the outer fringe of sensible politics but Clegg has managed to make them even more of a laughing stock than normal.

Ahaha. Got the BNP then, did you?

Or perhaps UKIP? The party run by a man so English he pronounces his name in the French style, and is such a man of the working class that he went to public school, got into the City through connections his father had and has numerous offshore bank accounts.

The European elections can hardly be called very representative. The only people who vote are those who feel strongly enough about it, and they tend to be those of more extreme views. Just wait until the campaign for a referendum really gets underway, and big business in this country actually starts funding a campaign to stay in the EU. Money, for better or worse, is what will win any referendum, and I promise you now that most businesses with the money to fund one do not want to leave.

 

[northwichcat]

They've always been a party of weird individuals on the outer fringe of sensible politics but Clegg has managed to make them even more of a laughing stock than normal.

I think the policy of raising the personal allowance was an excellent one.

Labour were taxing low earners too much and then allowing them to claim Working Tax Credits based on their previous year's income but only if they were over 25. That also allowed people who moved to better jobs get Working Tax Credits when they had excellent salaries because the previous year they'd had a poor salary. Really Working Tax Credits should have been called 'Your Tax Refund as we taxed you too much last year' credits.

The Conservatives were proposing cutting benefits but said in the current economic climate raising the personal allowance wasn't achievable.

The Coalition idea (heavily influenced by the Lib Dem policy) of raising the personal allowance and reducing the amount paid out in Working Tax Credits was the right compromise. They also lowered the rate at which higher tax started meaning the high earners didn't benefit.

 

[Greenback]

Do we really think policies have much to do with voting?

It seems to be more based on (in no particular order)

I've always voted for that lot/I've never voted for that lot
He/She looks nice or I don't like the look of him/her
He/She seems nice
They came and knocked on my door/They didn't come and knock on my door
The paper told me who to vote for
My parents told me who to vote for
All my mates say they are voting for so and so. I'll do the same

 

[bb21]

Remember doing that one, or a similar one, a while back, and it was something like Lib Dem 90%, Labour 80%, followed by the Greens, etc. Despite consideribg myself left-leaning, I was still surprised to see such high a figure.

But even more so I found myself about 15% in agreement with BNP, 25% with UKIP and over 50% with the Tories, mainly on policies concerning health and some other insignificant issue in my eyes, I think.

Voting can be strategic at the general election. My constituency is a marginal one. Even if I were unhappy with my MP, it would take a lot for me give my vote to Labour, for example, simply because I wouldn't want the Tories to get in. My MP's majority at the last election was something like 278 so every vote really does count.

 

[transmanche]

The Lib Dems, unsurprisingly.

I'm most proud of my 0% BNP score, to be honest.

Labour and LibDems the same for me.

But it seems that my opinion on Free Schools matches that of the BNP... who would've thought that I agree with them on anything!

 

[TheKnightWho]

Labour and LibDems the same for me.

But it seems that my opinion on Free Schools matches that of the BNP... who would've thought that I agree with them on anything!

I think, as well as highlighting how extreme certain people's views are, it does show that even the most ridiculous parties have a lot of quite reasonable positions as well. It's just the ones that count definitely aren't...

 

[Deerfold]

The first party of any size to support universal suffrage at 18 was...


The Official Monster Raving Loony Party.

 

[transmanche]

The first party of any size to support universal suffrage at 18 was...

The Official Monster Raving Loony Party.

Also pet passports and all-day pub opening. (Yes for those too young to remember, until 1988 all pubs had to close for 2.5 hours in the afternoon - usually between 3pm and 5.30pm - due to law dating back to WW1.)

 

[northwichcat]

Voting can be strategic at the general election. My constituency is a marginal one. Even if I were unhappy with my MP, it would take a lot for me give my vote to Labour, for example, simply because I wouldn't want the Tories to get in. My MP's majority at the last election was something like 278 so every vote really does count.

In the 1997 election Labour and Lib Dem withdrew their candidates to stand against Neil Hamilton in the hope that having one main anti-Conservative candidate in Independent Martin Bell would provide the best chance of Hamilton losing his seat - and it worked.

 

[Oswyntail]

What this quiz showed me was that there is actually only a fag paper between most parties' policies. What it boils down to is whether you prefer chap with funny nose and nasal accent to chap with funny mouth and clipped accent. Or, for most voters, who they have always voted for.

 

[TheKnightWho]

What this quiz showed me was that there is actually only a fag paper between most parties' policies. What it boils down to is whether you prefer chap with funny nose and nasal accent to chap with funny mouth and clipped accent. Or, for most voters, who they have always voted for.

I don't know - immigration, the environment and Europe seem to divide the parties quite strongly.