Which political party do you side with?

Take the test and see what percentage of policies of each of the main parties you agree with. Remember not to just answer each question but to indicate how important the topic is to you.

http://uk.isidewith.com/political-quiz?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=q_uk_4t

Some of my scores were: 88% Labour, 75% Liberal Democrats, 74% Green Party, 15% Tories, 9% UKIP.
(I can't really understand why the last two didn't come out as zero!   )

Well let me be the first to answer your post Ivan, as maybe some were too afraid, as I was shocked at the answer to mine.
as according to your quiz I am a torylablablibgreen ukip, it shocked me to say the least that is all I CAN say.

stu. You have to look at the percentages, which party came out on top? Did you click the box on the left of each question to indicate how important each topic is to you?

Yes i'm afraid I did Ivan that is the problem that is why I said I would be honest with everybody, maybe others have done the quiz but did not want to put the results up.

No surprise here - I side with Labour on most issues - but with a strong leaning to green and SNP

Well done boatlady, that is why I was so shocked at my results love, I nearly fell through the floor

This comprehensive questionnaire fails on its own terms, since it tries to be all things to all men, and presents as a Pick-and-mix sweetie counter in which no possible permutation of views is omitted. Faced with choosing a Perfect World, I finished up in Wonderland, with Alice.

My tally was 81% Labour; 77% Lib-Dem; 68% Tory; 67% ScotNat; 66% Green; 59% Plaid Cymru; 51% BNP and 46% UKIP so I am now waiting for a mathematician to tell me that adds up to slightly more than 100%.

Perhaps I should have gone to Specsavers.






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The survey is meant to indicate what percentage of the policies and stances of each party you agree with, it doesn’t have to add up to 100%. There are obvious overlaps between the parties; for example, Labour and the Liberal Democrats want us to stay in the EU, so on that issue I notched up a score with both of them.

Do you think my answers turned out as they did because I put my own answer in to quite a few Ivan?

I side with Conservatives on most political issues.
Parties you side with...
83%
Conservatives
on economic, immigration, foreign policy, healthcare, and social issues.
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82%
UK Independence
on healthcare, foreign policy, economic, immigration, and transportation issues.
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51%
British Nationals
on foreign policy and immigration issues.
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51%
Liberal Democrats
on social issues.
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30%
Labour
on foreign policy and social issues.
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Nice to have confirmation of my sanity and rationality .
It is rather nice to be a winner .

But some might still not have seen this particular inquisition:

https://uk.isidewith.com/political-quiz?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=q_uk1

(Might surprise a few closet Tories.)

Definitely OW, more than a few Tories I think too.

Just done it again - apparently I side with the BNP on some issues - just off to scrub my mind with lye soap

Don't scrub too hard boatlady.

https://uk.isidewith.com/results/753848187:419784411

Seems I am consistent and a great example of the caring Tory .
I think Ivan shows signs of being a closet Tory . Must straighten him out and get him a better life .

Now now patakace, making wild accusations like that with regards to Ivan? I shall let Ivan answer that remark, as i'm sure he will answer it in his own words far better than I can answer for him.

stuart torr wrote:Now now patakace, making wild accusations like that with regards to Ivan? I shall let Ivan answer that remark, as i'm sure he will answer it in his own words far better than I can answer for him.

The main reason that I suspect you have a considerable amount of American blood in your veins is that you cannot spot light hearted posts .
There is nothing worse than a humourless Left wing fanatic .
Do you think Emoticons might help ?
If yes , do not take with alcohol or when driving heavy machinery .

Is it not yourself that is American patakace?

No real surprise I'm 90% Labour.

Probably the thing which really holds Britain back from being truly "Great" is the adversarial nature of Parliament. Administration and Opposition must constantly strive to appear different from each other.

How much more efficient could a government of national unity be?

Is there one anywhere?

Not that I am aware of boatlady, more's the pity. But in commerce for example, the successful businesses are those in which everybody pulls in the same direction.

I think you're right - don't know how on would get such a revolutionary idea going in government, though - politicians all seem to be a bit solipsistic to me

A government of national unity sounds like a one-party state, which has no place in a so-called democracy. There always needs to be an alternative for voters.

Coalitions may be okay during periods of conflict, when there is a single aim of winning the war, but the only way they work in peacetime, as we seen for the last five years, is when the junior partner throws all its principles and values in the bin.

Apart from during wars, I don't see any such thing as "the national interest"; we all have our own ideas of what a government should be doing. Does anyone seriously imagine that the likes of Dennis Skinner and George Osborne could ever agree on what was best for the people of Britain?

Agree overall, of course not, but even families don't agree on everything.  Democracy may entitle everybody to an individual voice, but in the end it pays little regard to minority interests.  The popular view today is that "Politicians are all the same", which if it is true is because voters wish it to be so.  The average British voter is allergic to extreme attitudes, so a genuinely revolutionary Party would be unlikely to receive the necessary majority.
For as long as we've enjoyed universal suffrage in this Country, government has been confined within a narrow band of political choice because the main parties believe they will lose their power if they stray very far from the centre.  So in reality the alternative for voters has proved somewhat inflexible.  Centre-right or Centre-left, each pretending to be more radical than the other for cosmetic purposes.  One of the first lessons for a newly-elected MP is that to get things done on behalf of constituents (presuming they want to be in Parliament for more than just the one term) they will need to make friends in all parts of the House, not just within their own party, because it is so easy to block a motion.
Various over-excited commentators apparently expect the next General Election to produce a rainbow coalition of ScotNats, Greens, UKIPpers and Lib-Dems plus one main party. Rather like a meal-deal at Pizza Hut.  But first they'll all have to agree on a Mister (or Madam) Speaker, which may be interesting.