The website http://www.whoshouldyouvotefor.com has all the answers! I'm a little suspicious of this thing as it gave everybody here at work rather similar answers. i won't say what, but will ask you to fill out the quiz, for which you will obvioulsy have no idea about the policies, but who cares....if you all get similar answers i know this thing is a con!
Here's my results:
Who should I vote for?
Your expected outcome:
Liberal DemocratYour actual outcome:
Labour 0  | |
| Conservative -12 | |
 Liberal Democrat 16 | |
| UK Independence Party -7 | |
| Green 3 |
You should vote: Liberal Democrat
The LibDems take a strong stand against tax cuts and a strong one in favour of public services: they would make long-term residential care for the elderly free across the UK, and scrap university tuition fees. They are in favour of a ban on smoking in public places, but would relax laws on cannabis. They propose to change vehicle taxation to be based on usage rather than ownership.
Take the test at Who Should You Vote For
I went all the way down the middle (neutral in every category)and it gave me a summary of each party... hard to imagine something other than the "two-party system".
ReplyDeleteLabour: (FYI: Tony Blair's Party)
The Labour Party is broadly pro-Europe and takes a strong line in favour of all anti-terrorism measures, and of course supported the war in Iraq. Labour is against explicit increases in income tax to fund public services and against the abolition of university tuition fees, but has pledged to reintroduce maintenance grants for students.
Conservative:
The Conservative Party is strongly against joining the Euro and against greater use of taxation to fund public services. The party broadly supported the Iraq war and backs greater policing and ID cards. The Tories are against increasing the minimum wage above the rate of inflation, and have committed to abolishing university tuition fees. They support 'virtual vouchers' for private education.
LibDems:
The LibDems take a strong stand against tax cuts and a strong one in favour of public services: they would make long-term residential care for the elderly free across the UK, and scrap university tuition fees. They are in favour of a ban on smoking in public places, but would relax laws on cannabis. They propose to change vehicle taxation to be based on usage rather than ownership.
UK Independence Party:
UKIP's primary focus is on Europe, where the party is strongly against joining both the EU constitution and the Euro. UKIP is also firmly in favour of limiting immigration. The party does not take a clear line on some other policy issues, but supports scrapping university tuition fees; it is strongly against income tax rises and favour reducing fuel duty.
Green Party:
The Green Party, which is of course strong on environmental issues, takes a strong position on welfare issues, but was firmly against the war in Iraq. Other key concerns are cannabis, where the party takes a liberal line, and foxhunting, which unsurprisingly the Greens are firmly against.
I voted as if I were English, and here's what it said:
ReplyDeleteYou should vote: Green
The Green Party, which is of course strong on environmental issues, takes a strong position on welfare issues, but was firmly against the war in Iraq. Other key concerns are cannabis, where the party takes a liberal line, and foxhunting, which unsurprisingly the Greens are firmly against.
It is interesting to see what the political issues are in the U.K. The biggest thing I notice is a lack of abortion & gay rights/gay marriage issues. Also University funding doesn't get much play here either, I guess we're too concerned over who's sleeping with who. Taxes, anti-terrorism, and amount/level of social services are similar themes we see in the US though.
ReplyDeleteOh yea, how about joe's new nickname... Mean-Joe Green-Party?