Where do you stand politically?
Where do you stand politically?

Poll: Where do you stand politically?

Total Members Polled: 396

Far / extreme right (Rees Mogg/UKIP): 14%
Right (current Conservatives): 6%
Right of centre (old Conservatives): 39%
Left of centre (Lib Dems/ New Labour): 33%
Left (old Labour): 6%
Far left (Marxists, Socialist Workers Party): 3%
Author
Discussion

Skeptisk

Original Poster:

8,897 posts

126 months

Sunday 27th August 2023
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Someone on NP&E called current PH “left wing”, which didn’t strike me as that likely.

This isn’t very scientific and some will no doubt query my categorisation. Also many people, like me, will likely have views that don’t fit neatly into one box. In that case I suggest voting based on your main views/position.

I could have started this is NP&E but a lot of people avoid it so I think the result would have been less representative.

smn159

14,448 posts

234 months

anonymous-user

71 months

Sunday 27th August 2023
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A bit of everything.

vixen1700

26,548 posts

287 months

Sunday 27th August 2023
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Bit of right, bit of left, bit of a liberal.

Can't think of any political party that would really suit me these days. Can't stand any of them. smile

Poll fail, no option for none of them/spoilt ballot.

anonymous-user

71 months

Sunday 27th August 2023
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vixen1700 said:
Bit of right, bit of left, bit of a liberal.

Can't think of any political party that would really suit me these days. Can't stand any of them. smile
I'm with you. All as bad as each other and only in it for themselves.

Rough101

2,754 posts

92 months

Sunday 27th August 2023
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On the hard right we have the unworthy wishing to enrich themselves and for others to do something for them for no reward.

Ditto the hard left.

Both want a society, but but others to pay for it.

I just want an uninhabited island

smn159

14,448 posts

234 months

Sunday 27th August 2023
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smn159

14,448 posts

234 months

Sunday 27th August 2023
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Positions of the parties at the 2019 election.

the-norseman

14,558 posts

188 months

Sunday 27th August 2023
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I consider myself right leaning but just did that test and got left authoritarian.

Hoofy

78,827 posts

299 months

Sunday 27th August 2023
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smn159 said:


Positions of the parties at the 2019 election.
I always imagined Greens would be in the red box somewhere, with a sniper on every roof top picking off motorists then charging them for the bullet.

Funk

26,926 posts

226 months

Sunday 27th August 2023
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smn159 said:
Mine was the same as yours.

They say you move to the right as you get older but I'm going the other way at the moment! I had selected left of centre in the poll before doing the test.

Edited by Funk on Sunday 27th August 13:03

ZedLeg

12,278 posts

125 months

Sunday 27th August 2023
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Surprising no one


bloomen

8,617 posts

176 months

Sunday 27th August 2023
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I appear to be majority libertarian leaning towards the left.

I think most active libertarians have a world view that matches a particularly dim witted toddler, but the concept resonates. I hope we never have to experience the real world application of it.

S2r

737 posts

95 months

Sunday 27th August 2023
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Left libertarian from the test, just quite how far left and libertarian was a bit of a surprise to me.

Not unsurprising that there's no party that I would vote for having done it though!

Stick Legs

7,648 posts

182 months

Sunday 27th August 2023
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I’m what I describe as a Ken Clarke Conservative.

Voted remain.
Believe in running at least a break even economy & light touch regulation encouraging personal responsibility.


E63eeeeee...

5,489 posts

66 months

Sunday 27th August 2023
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I'm slightly surprised I don't end up higher on authoritarianism, but I guess that while I'm very statist in terms of solving actual problems, I have a fairly limited idea of what things are actual problems and am pretty much completely liberal/libertarian on everything else.


Slowboathome

4,461 posts

61 months

Sunday 27th August 2023
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I've done that compass thing before.

Apparently I'm in the bottom left corner somewhere between Corbyn's Labour and Plaid Cymru.

I'd describe myself as old style conservative on a good day.

Basically everyone ends up in the bottom left quadrant.

Edited by Slowboathome on Sunday 27th August 14:32

Nethybridge

1,146 posts

29 months

Sunday 27th August 2023
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In what universe is the current gov. right wing ?


E63eeeeee...

5,489 posts

66 months

Sunday 27th August 2023
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Nethybridge said:
In what universe is the current gov. right wing ?

The one where people have spent huge amounts of money moving the Overton Window so that people like you can ask that question with what appears to be a straight face.

Hugo Stiglitz

39,718 posts

228 months

Sunday 27th August 2023
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smn159 said:
I'm left/authoritarian. CCCP!