Poll: Which party will get your vote in the General Election?

[RDM]

What would you have expected me to get matchwise for the BNP (which will show just how bad a test that one actually is)?

Well I got 64% as far as the BNP went. But would never vote for them due to the racism element and the fact that the majority of their policies are in fact barking mad.

So I would say for you, somewhere similar? 60-70%?

 

[britboy4321]

What would you have expected me to get matchwise for the BNP (which will show just how bad a test that one actually is)?

Are you anti-EU or want reduction of the EU or the powers they can impose on member states?

Do you think there's a problem with immigration?

Do you believe in self-rule (for example should the prime minister HAVE to be British by law)?

Do you believe in harsher punishments for crime, maybe even corporal punishment?

Should benefits and the social state be reduced, and illegal immigration 'clamped down on'?

Should people that have lived here and paid taxes their whole lives have priority over legal immigrants for coucil housing?

These are all some of the less headline making policies of the BNP, amongst other parties. They're not all goose-stepping and kicking people in!

 

[Dolph]

Well I got 64% as far as the BNP went. But would never vote for them due to the racism element and the fact that the majority of their policies are in fact barking mad.

So I would say for you, somewhere similar? 60-70%?

Indeed, there is something seriously flawed when it pairs someone who comes across as a economically right liberal with an economically left authoritarian party...

The whole test seems either really badly designed or really badly weighted.

 

[Freefaller]

I just want to make sure my local MP is voted out. Furthermore, it'd be interesting if all the MPs that are currently in power were voted out and new people take the seats.

Not sure who I'm voting for yet... I know I want a change so it'll be any other than the current government, but where to go from there I'm floating.

 

[RDM]

I just want to make sure my local MP is voted out. Furthermore, it'd be interesting if all the MPs that are currently in power were voted out and new people take the seats.

Not sure who I'm voting for yet... I know I want a change so it'll be any other than the current government, but where to go from there I'm floating.

Best bet is to check what the vote was like last time and vote for whomever came second as far as tactical voting goes.

 

[Dolph]

Are you anti-EU or want reduction of the EU or the powers they can impose on member states?

I'm not anti-EU, just against authoritarianism and unnecessary top down law setups generally.

Do you think there's a problem with immigration?

No.

Do you believe in self-rule (for example should the prime minister HAVE to be British by law)?

No.

Do you believe in harsher punishments for crime, maybe even corporal punishment?

No.

Should benefits and the social state be reduced?

They should be re-scoped, not quite the same thing, indeed my proposals are generally much more progressive, would entitle a great many people to more than they get now, and treat everyone much more equally.

These are all some of the less headline making facets of the BNP, amongst other parties.

Except my views are still in opposition to theirs in most cases, unless you misinterpret them.

 

[greywolf]

British National Party: 80%
UK Independence Party: 74%
Conservative Party: 29%
Liberal Democrats: 26%
Green Party: 24%
Labour Party: 13%

Still think they are all bad as one another, should be a "none of the above" box to show you dislike them all.

 

[meghatronic]

"Gordon Brown pledges 'five more years' as Prime Minister if Labour wins", Times.

LOL. As if that's a good thing. Labour is clueless. The only thing that will keep them in is the stupid voters.

 

[Sheff]

Liberal Democrats: 54%
Conservative Party: 49%
Green Party: 45%
Labour Party: 44%

I agree that those questions are far too absolute.

Vote match at least looks useful for people who haven't got a clue and vote purely on what their parents have voted for.

I may have to introduce this to my housemates...

 

[Hatter The Mad]

"Gordon Brown pledges 'five more years' as Prime Minister if Labour wins", Times.

LOL. As if that's a good thing. Labour is clueless. The only thing that will keep them in is the stupid voters.

Not if Mandleson gets his way. He is already suggesting Brown will step down mid-term.

 

[D.P.]

Conservative Party: 63%
Labour Party: 32%
Liberal Democrats: 30%
Scottish Green Party: 22%

 

[britboy4321]

Wow, kind of EXACTLY as I thought I'd be!! Except maybe the greens quite high ..

Labour Party: 58%
Green Party: 56%
Liberal Democrats: 51%
UK Independence Party: 44%
Conservative Party: 39%


(House of commons should be cut by 10% just for the lolz? Did anyone actually answer 'agree' to that?)

 

[Dolph]

(House of commons should be cut by 10% just for the lolz? Did anyone actually answer 'agree' to that?)

Part of the problem is the distinct lack of context, and therefore dramatic scope for interpretation within the questions, this one is just an example.

Are there grounds for reforming the system, potentially including a reduction in MPs (especially if as part of the reform results in a break in the constituency link)? Yes, we are currently heavily over-governed, and some sitting MPs cannot have influence over much of their domain due to devolution.

Should we simply cut the number of MPs by 10%? No.

Another example was the self defence question. We actually already have what the question strictly describes (where people aren't prosecuted for defending themselves/their home), but some people think the law should be changed to allow greater acts than simple reasonable defence. Which version of the question did they want us to answer?

Hopefully someone will come up with a much more robust test soon.

 

[britboy4321]

Yes I agree (wow, we must stop this becoming a habit!).

When I read the self defence question (personal interpretation) I was thinking

'Whoa, if we allow 'no prosecution for 'home protectors'' we're saying people be able to defend however they feel fit , including capturing burglers, and then to make sure they get the message about never trying it again, tying them up and spending a week stubbing cigerettes out on their faces then at the end pouring petrol on them at set them on fire to make absolutely sure they won't break their bonds and will never burgle THIS house again!!!! , then call the police, without fear of prosecution for their chosen means of 'protecting their home'. !!

 

[Mr Jack]

(House of commons should be cut by 10% just for the lolz? Did anyone actually answer 'agree' to that?)

I did, yeah. Although, as Dolph says, context free it's a bit hard to answer. We have one of the largest elected chambers among western democracies, and it could do with trimming back a bit, ideally changing the weighting so that Wales and Scotland lose most MPs (since they have their own parliament)

 

[scorza]

House of commons should be cut by 10% just for the lolz? Did anyone actually answer 'agree' to that?

I disagreed because as Dolph said, there's no context. This morning however the context became clearer as Chris Patton pointed out on the Today programme that there are too many Scots and Welsh MPs in Westminster.

 

[semi-pro waster]

I disagreed because as Dolph said, there's no context. This morning however the context became clearer as Chris Patton pointed out on the Today programme that there are too many Scots and Welsh MPs in Westminster.

I haven't heard the programme so excuse me if it is an obvious question but even if you take the number of MPs on a strictly pro-rata basis along the lines of population then this 10% cut must include a fair number of English MPs too?

 

[cymatty]

UK Independence Party:
66%

Conservative Party:
46%

Labour Party:
24%

Liberal Democrats:
13%

 

[scorza]

I haven't heard the programme so excuse me if it is an obvious question but even if you take the number of MPs on a strictly pro-rata basis along the lines of population then this 10% cut must include a fair number of English MPs too?

Yes, but we'd be getting rid of less English MPs as a proportion than Scots or Welsh MPs - I think that was the general gist. Patten was basically having a pop at the re-drawn boundaries also.

 

[meghatronic]

Yes, but we'd be getting rid of less English MPs as a proportion than Scots or Welsh MPs - I think that was the general gist. Patten was basically having a pop at the re-drawn boundaries also.

Indeed.

It's disgusting that Scots and Welsh MPs can vote on strictly, and solely, English issues.