My Political Position

Gall1987

Gall1987

Gall1987

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I have recently returned to education and my lecturer has advised everybody to start reading a broadsheet newspaper over a tabloid.

It is something I've always preferred but never been able to choice which would suit me due to all the different political views. I am not sure which would suit me as politics is not my strong point. I do have a slight interest in politics and have my own opinions and views but I'm not to sure where I would fall (right, centre, left etc) and which would be the best newspaper for me to read.

Any thoughts or help would be useful. I have been around a few sites and they all seem to point at The Guardian as being the best broadsheet newspaper.
 
I'm going to try that I see which I prefer but I just wondered if anybody has any views on which they prefer etc.

I used to read the Daily Mirror when I was younger and have realised now that it is utter trash! I would probably prefer something in a tabloid format and I would say I support the Labour Party more than any others but don't have any strong bias towards either party.
 
semi-pro waster said:
You could always try something like the Political Compass to get a very rough idea of where your personal politics lie - there's a certain amount of debate about how good this one is but it's illustrative enough to give you more of a clue and all the ones I've tried have flaws of one description or another.

Reading a few for balance is better than just reading one but generally speaking I quite like the style of The Times although my politics are comparatively left leaning. Then again if I'm bored and a paper happens to be near I'll read most or at least attempt to.
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That came out as me being centre-left and but also just in the top half. I have then looked at where the UK parties lie and it has Labour and the Tory's being centre-right.

Like I say correct me if I'm wrong, but I always thought that Labour were more centre-left and BNP were more far right? It dosen't look that way on the Political Compass. Obviously I'm not going exactly by this but I've used this to give me an example.

The general opinion seems to be that The Guardian is a well written newspaper, so I think I try that one first.
 
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