Britain - The Official Thread

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How will you vote in the 2019 UK General Election?

  • The Brexit Party

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Change UK/The Independent Group

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Conservative Party

    Votes: 3 7.5%

  • Green Party

    Votes: 2 5.0%

  • Labour Party

    Votes: 11 27.5%

  • Liberal Democrats

    Votes: 8 20.0%

  • Other (Wales/Scotland/Northern Ireland)

    Votes: 3 7.5%

  • Other Independents

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other Parties

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Spoiled Ballot

    Votes: 2 5.0%

  • Will Not/Cannot Vote

    Votes: 11 27.5%
  • Total voters
    40
  • Poll closed .
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From here.
 
Having links with the EU but not being a de jure member can work. Norway and Switzerland seem to do quite well.
 
Wow, the BNP is straight up V for Vendetta.

As an aside, that website's graph of US Presidential candidates places Ron Paul way too far to the right. Way, way, way too far. He should be much closer to the middle, maybe 1/3 from the right if not more, and roudabout halfway toward libertarian if not more. Rick Santorum should be off to the northeast about 666 miles.
 
Keef
Wow, the BNP is straight up V for Vendetta.
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They're like a more subtle version of the Nazi party. If they ever got into power it wouldn't surprise if they started constructing concentration camps for Muslims left, right and centre.
 
Liquid
Having links with the EU but not being a de jure member can work. Norway and Switzerland seem to do quite well.
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Norway has massive energy exports and Switzerland banking. They don't really need the import-export benefits that the EU brings.

If we left the EU our aerospace industry would hamstrung, and I believe the automotive would suffer too. And we certainly don't need any less manufacturing in this country.
 
True, but I was merely pointing out that being European and not being in the EU can work, given the right circumstances.

I'm of the opinion that Britain should remain in the EU for the economic benefits, but as I've mentioned in the eurozone crisis thread, total economic assimilation is a dangerous route.
 
I actually took this very test a couple of years ago, and since then I've moved a little bit more to the left:

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Liquid
PMQ studies and Question Time studies should be on the curriculum.

And courses in how to wire a plug and building a shed.
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:lol: agree.. my shed's falling apart, it's woeful.

Yes Ross, Big Questions is quite good.

Didn't realise i was so left:



Must admit, i struggled understanding 1 or 2 questions.
 
I haven't taken it again recently but I'll be five by five purple (the best colour). Literally, +5, -5.
 
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That'll be about where the founders wanted us to be. Respectful of authority, though certainly not submissive. Peaceful debates and not lighting cars on fire. The correct amount of government allowing everybody to be freer, not too little government verging on anarchy.

I figured I'd be a little less conservative but whatever. I even supported the arts, man! I answered only a couple questions with "very strong" answers, and I found many of the questions to be vague. Definitions are important but this quiz was too open to interpretation in some areas, and used some terms in a modern context instead of an original context.
 
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Oh dear, I landed almost exactly where Keef did :scared: :lol:

Joking aside, I'm not sure that graph means much tbh. I wonder how many combinations of answers will yield the same point.
 
Famine
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From here.
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There is a bit of debate as to Labours standing on that chart.

Some may say they are right because they support buisness but I think they should coin the term of new socialism like new Labour.

The reason being although they support buisness and don't support things like nationalisation anymore they still want to use tax payers money to help those in need and the poor and put more money into government investment like the NHS. The Conservatives on the other hand want to just reduce tax as much as they can. They want to adapt socialism into a capatalist society rather than changing the system like true left wingers want to and the old Labour party wanted that to an extent.
 
Labour and the Conservatives are both deservedly on the right but for different reasons.
 
What does abstract art have to with politics ? I suppose it moves you down a square if you like it but it's pretty irrelevant. Same for most of page 6.

I was dead centre by the way. More left wing than Labour. :odd:
 
TyrrellRacing
What does abstract art have to with politics ? I suppose it moves you down a square if you like it but it's pretty irrelevant. Same for most of page 6.

I was dead centre by the way. More left wing than Labour. :odd:
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The art vs. business, abstract vs. practical thing suggests your attitude toward business in general. If you value business more highly than "art" then you're more likely to embrace benefits for business - if not, you're probably more likely to punish business in favor of freedom of expression. The idea of business inherently introduces some limitations to freedom of expression though trademarks, patents, copyrights, etc.

The difference is actually quite apparent in everyday life. The abstract vs. practical comparison is full of stereotypes. Artsy farty hippies vs. working people who actually accomplish things, etc.

Dhandles, ya damn hippy. Stop drawing things and get a job!
 

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