| Political Compass test 10:38 - Feb 26 with 6814 views | DJR |
I am not sure if this has been posted before but perhaps interesting to see where people come on the left/right and authoritarian/libertarian scale.
I come very near the bottom left hand corner of the graph (which appears after you have taken the test), which makes me both pretty left wing and pretty libertarian.
https://www.politicalcompass.org/test [Post edited 26 Feb 2023 10:50]
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| Political Compass test on 16:45 - Feb 27 with 641 views | DJR |
| Political Compass test on 15:28 - Feb 27 by Churchman |
I thought Alastair D was sound all round - well apart from the earful he gave my new boss 10 mins into his new job one Saturday morning, but that’s another story. Seriously though, I thought him far more able than Brown and his beyond abject successors.
I hear what you say, but given that part of Labour’s policy in 2010 was to reign in public spending, that tells me they’d lost control of it - to a limited extent. We’ve seen what governments can spend if they choose to. I am reminded of Lord Hutton’s interview following the financial crisis in 2008 where he said that the £100bn (I think it was about that) could have been spent several times over to prevent the banks collapsing.
Corbyn in 2017? It has to be born in mind that people were getting wise to the austerity lies, Cameron had run away after calling the disastrous Brexit vote, May called an opportunistic election and then offered a lacklustre, frankly poor campaign. There was also a novelty factor in Corbyn.
I always come back to the cliche governments lose elections, opposition don’t win them. That’s why Starmer is keeping quiet and leaving the tories to knife themselves into oblivion - hopefully! |
Yes, Alastair D was excellent.
I remember being in standing committee for the Finance Bill, when the junior minister was struggling, and Darling came in, took over and mastered the situation.
He had a visible aura, was totally on top of his brief and was clearly very bright.
In my view, he is head and shoulders above any current politician, and it is a shame he no longer plays a part in public life. | | | |
| Political Compass test on 17:44 - Feb 27 with 597 views | GlasgowBlue |
Economic Left/Right: -0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.85
Almost dead centre, just in the green, one square to the left of purple, two squares down from red.
whatever that means [Post edited 27 Feb 2023 17:46]
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| Political Compass test on 17:52 - Feb 27 with 591 views | DJR |
| Political Compass test on 17:44 - Feb 27 by GlasgowBlue |
Economic Left/Right: -0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.85
Almost dead centre, just in the green, one square to the left of purple, two squares down from red.
whatever that means [Post edited 27 Feb 2023 17:46]
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It means you're a libertarian socialist!
Welcome to the club!
Actually, now that we're all libertarian socialists, maybe Phil should exclude political discussion from the general section, as we're all obviously singing from the same song sheet.
Indeed, there's been an awful lot of civility on this thread, so let's all try to do this on every thread. | | | |
| Political Compass test on 19:29 - Feb 27 with 532 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Political Compass test on 17:52 - Feb 27 by DJR |
It means you're a libertarian socialist!
Welcome to the club!
Actually, now that we're all libertarian socialists, maybe Phil should exclude political discussion from the general section, as we're all obviously singing from the same song sheet.
Indeed, there's been an awful lot of civility on this thread, so let's all try to do this on every thread. |
Doesn't it mean that the test is flawed?! |  |
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| Political Compass test on 20:37 - Feb 27 with 486 views | Churchman |
| Political Compass test on 16:45 - Feb 27 by DJR |
Yes, Alastair D was excellent.
I remember being in standing committee for the Finance Bill, when the junior minister was struggling, and Darling came in, took over and mastered the situation.
He had a visible aura, was totally on top of his brief and was clearly very bright.
In my view, he is head and shoulders above any current politician, and it is a shame he no longer plays a part in public life. |
Agreed. He was excellent. He’d have made an excellent PM too.
And to think he used a load of my information in a speech to the House once - translated into minister-speak obviously! |  | | |
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| Political Compass test on 20:45 - Feb 27 with 484 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Political Compass test on 19:29 - Feb 27 by Nthsuffolkblue |
Doesn't it mean that the test is flawed?! |
You'd have to be an utter bastard to answer some of those questions negatively.
I was expecting a question which asked whether you would drown a sack of unwanted puppies. | |
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| Political Compass test on 20:47 - Feb 27 with 481 views | Mullet |
| Political Compass test on 20:45 - Feb 27 by GlasgowBlue |
You'd have to be an utter bastard to answer some of those questions negatively.
I was expecting a question which asked whether you would drown a sack of unwanted puppies. |
Think you're getting it confused with the Tory entrance exam there. |  |
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| Political Compass test on 21:10 - Feb 27 with 451 views | BlueForYou |
In the centre of all four boxes. |  | | |
| Political Compass test on 21:21 - Feb 27 with 441 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Political Compass test on 20:47 - Feb 27 by Mullet |
Think you're getting it confused with the Tory entrance exam there. |
Nah. That's a bag of Kittens. | |
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| Political Compass test on 21:33 - Feb 27 with 425 views | J2BLUE |
| Political Compass test on 21:21 - Feb 27 by GlasgowBlue |
Nah. That's a bag of Kittens. |
And the kittens are wanted. By orphans. |  |
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