For Green, it was Democracy (I like the idea of recalling politicians, as well as proportional representation), Environment (improving rail, increasing renewable energy source use) and Europe (I like local self-reliance, things decided on a national/regional/local level rather than an EU one, and I believe in Europe but not a European super-state).
For the BNP, it was Crime (which confused me, since I thought they would've been the ones wanting to deport radical imams and prosecute people for treason, but apparently that's somebody else), Health/NHS (apparently wanting to replace NHS bureaucrats with actual health care workers is fascist? Who knew?) and Welfare (I like the idea that if people are receiving benefits, that they are training for new jobs as well rather than just collecting free money).
The remaining third was divided between UKIP (Economy and Education), and Labour (Immigration). I was expecting both the Lib Dems and Tories to make an appearance somewhere, since if I were able to vote in the UK it would probably be for either of them, but they're both conspiciously absent. They'd still probably be who I'd vote for though, since no way in hell would I vote BNP. Jury's still out on Green, but they're probably too left-wing for me. Why oh why can't there be a prominent political party out there that wants the government out of people's wallets and out of people's bedrooms?!
As for the Political Compass below, mine is Economic Left/Right: 5.62, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.18. Perfect scores for a libertarian ;)
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Date: 2010-04-20 02:35 am (UTC)For Green, it was Democracy (I like the idea of recalling politicians, as well as proportional representation), Environment (improving rail, increasing renewable energy source use) and Europe (I like local self-reliance, things decided on a national/regional/local level rather than an EU one, and I believe in Europe but not a European super-state).
For the BNP, it was Crime (which confused me, since I thought they would've been the ones wanting to deport radical imams and prosecute people for treason, but apparently that's somebody else), Health/NHS (apparently wanting to replace NHS bureaucrats with actual health care workers is fascist? Who knew?) and Welfare (I like the idea that if people are receiving benefits, that they are training for new jobs as well rather than just collecting free money).
The remaining third was divided between UKIP (Economy and Education), and Labour (Immigration). I was expecting both the Lib Dems and Tories to make an appearance somewhere, since if I were able to vote in the UK it would probably be for either of them, but they're both conspiciously absent. They'd still probably be who I'd vote for though, since no way in hell would I vote BNP. Jury's still out on Green, but they're probably too left-wing for me. Why oh why can't there be a prominent political party out there that wants the government out of people's wallets and out of people's bedrooms?!
As for the Political Compass below, mine is Economic Left/Right: 5.62, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.18. Perfect scores for a libertarian ;)