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I've just done a political 'what party to support' survey and I'm horrified!

168 replies

Umlauf · 01/03/2013 10:14

I've only voted in 2 elections, Labour when I was 18 and Lib Dem at the last one, although I was heavily leaning towards Tory but was taken in by the Lib Dem student friendly lies!

The survey has come out as 80% UKIP. This is the last thing I would ever have expected being a Euro fanatic and relying on the EU for h2bs employment and living abroad! The other 20% was LibDem for my views on education. I though I could spot the UKIP policies a mile off but clearly I was very wrong...

So who do I bloody vote for?!

The survey was this one voteforpolicies.org.uk/ anyone else care to share results vs expectations?

Additional information: I have never been politically minded and its only now whilst I'm starting a new family that I've begun to take an interest and learn more about politics, so I am, I suppose, quite naive in the area. From a very Tory town on London commuter belt and family half strong Tory supporters with a little bit of labour thrown into the mix.

OP posts:
BrianButterfield · 01/03/2013 14:06

50% Labour, 50% Green which is spot on for me but I actually read party policies anyway! I have voted Green before in the European elections.

firawla · 01/03/2013 14:05

mine is

Labour 66.67%
Green Party 22.22%
Lib Dems 11.11

not really suprised by it

ComposHat · 01/03/2013 14:04

60% Green
20% Lib Dems
20% Tory

I am a labour party member. oh dear.

Kveta · 01/03/2013 13:59

mainly Labour here, then Lib Dem, then 1 policy each of Conservative and Green Party.

As a former Lib Dem supporter, that doesn't upset me too much. Just a shame that we have no Green Party candidate locally, and that our local Labour candidate is utterly inept - so the sodding bastard PRISK of a conservative will get in again.

WhoPaintedTheLion · 01/03/2013 13:59

55% lib dem
22% green
11% labour
11% tory

Abra1d · 01/03/2013 13:58

Conservatives 37.50%
UKIP 37.50%
Labour 25.00%

About what I expect. No Green or LibDem nonsense, probably because I heartily disapprove of onshore windfarms (a tax on the poor, benefiting landowners only) and think we need to build nuclear power stations.

ouryve · 01/03/2013 13:57

66.67% green.

Funnily enough, I chose no labour responses!

AmberLeaf · 01/03/2013 13:55

Green Party 66.67%
Lib Dems 22.22%
Conservatives 11.11%

I have always voted labour though.

Democracy was the conservative one, which tbh none of them appealed that much.

Environment and Europe were Lib Dem

Green
Crime
Economy
Education
Health/NHS

Immigration
Welfare

Some of them were hard to pick though, apart from the BNP/UKIP ones, which they were very obvious and I didnt agree with any of their points, I would have liked to have been able to pick certain points and mix them with other sets! as I think greens who I picked left out lots of issues that are important to me, so despite that result, I don't think I would vote for them.

Also lots of the points were very woolly, particularly some of the points about SENs and access to education.

It's all a bit meh really though, as political parties say they will do all sorts then don't.

Dromedary · 01/03/2013 13:54

Oh my God - apparently I support the Tories on healthcare Confused

Methe · 01/03/2013 13:53

50% ukip
25% bnp
25% labour.

Pancakeflipper · 01/03/2013 13:53

50% Green
25% Con
25% Lib

I am feeling rather wishywashy.

nickelbabe · 01/03/2013 13:52

i've just read back what policies i chose, and I actually did not choose that one that they said for the BNP.
I didn't agree with most of those policies, so I don't know why it's taken me as clicking that.

Tackle the national debt problem by cutting expenditure on all projects which do not serve British interests, including the annual costs of £18 billion spent on "global warming," the £13 billion spent on immigration, the £4 billion spent on asylum, the £15 billion spent on EU membership, [and others].
We undertake not to reduce front-line public services while billions of pounds continue to flow out of the country to foreign interests. British people must benefit first from British tax income.
We aim to relieve the tax burden by raising the personal non-taxable allowance to £12,500.
We will encourage the family unit by reintroducing the married man's allowance by as much as £2,500, depending upon the presence of children.
We will raise the inheritance tax level to £1 million.
We will work for a reduction in council tax through the slashing of all politically correct council functions and "diversity" schemes.
We would take some of these savings and invest them in rebuilding British industry and skills through an active protectionist policy as many other European nations already do.
We will rebuild Britain's skills base - lost through decades of deindustrialisation - by offering generous subsidies to students who study engineering and science and to institutions offering such education.
Wigeon · 01/03/2013 13:52

Look, the BNP and UKIP are best known for their anti-immigration policies, but being actual political parties, they do actually have policies on everything, not just immigration issues, and there is only so much "no more forrigners" you can do when you are writing a policy about crime, education, health etc. So I'm not actually that surprised that some people are coming out as part-BNP or part-UKIP.

Thumbwitch · 01/03/2013 13:51

I have to admit I did ignore some of the more pie-in-the-sky policies - just because there was no real explanation as to how they'd be achievable, they seemed a bit too wishful thinky for me.
Glad I didn't get any BNP though.

pictish · 01/03/2013 13:50

Green Party 100% were my results. I'm not suprised in the least.

Wigeon · 01/03/2013 13:48

50% Green
25% Labour
25% Lib Dem

Happy with that Grin!

nickelbabe · 01/03/2013 13:46

Economy ? BNP
Education ? UKIP
Health / NHS ? UKIP
Welfare ? UKIP

nickelbabe · 01/03/2013 13:46

ShockShockShockShock

I got 25% BNP and 75% UKIP.

i didn't choose any policies that favoured UK citizens over EU or other!
Shock

CrispyHedgeHog · 01/03/2013 13:40

50% labour
25% green
25% bnp Shock

IfNotNowThenWhen · 01/03/2013 13:39

50% green
25% labour
25% Tory.

The Tory part was for welfare, which was the hardest section to decide on. It just goes to show that what the parties say they want to do, bears very little resemblance to what they actually do.

I thought the UKIP/BNP ones were obvious too, as they all seemed to say things like " stop NHS money going to health tourists, and "British taxes for British people".
Updating spreadsheet of secret racists as we speak.
Grin

Cooroo · 01/03/2013 13:37

50% lib dem
25% ukip (aagh)
25% labour

Lifelong labour voter... My UKIP was health service. Hmmm.

It's heavy going reading all those policies, and I confess to being utterly confused as to what would actually work.

HazeltheMcWitch · 01/03/2013 13:37

This link is genius! It shows how people can be quite tunnel-visioned in their thinking, and cautions against not looking deeper into the policies (hence high BNP/UKIP rep on this thread. I hope.).

I was too lazy to do any more that 4 categories, and came out 50% green / 25% lab / 25% UKIP.

I am as far from a UKIP supporter as you could find. But - and OVERT BOAST COMING UP ---> I have met Nigel Farage.

Preens.

Thumbwitch · 01/03/2013 13:36

I did all categories and came out as 33% UKIP, 22% each Lib Dem and Lab, and 11% each Green and Conservative.
What shocked me the most was that I picked the Tory policies for Welfare!! Shock although to be fair, none of them were that good.
What shocked me the next most was that UKIP was my top 'choice' (although thankfully not on Immigration policies).

Last time I voted I voted Green because I thought all the major parties had completely lost the plot. I still haven't really changed my opinion but no longer get to vote as I am no longer resident there.

nickelbabe · 01/03/2013 13:25

that first lot of economic policies - policy set 4 is shocking!
take out income tax bands and have everyone paying 31% Shock

ASmidgeofMidge · 01/03/2013 13:22

Have always voted Lib Dem, although I would take some persuading to do so again...
Got 75% Green, 25% Lib Dem

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