Reply to: Policies, nor personalities

[original PM]

seeing as very few parties actually come through on many of the policies they state during the run up the election it is pretty immaterial anyway......

[vetran]

The green policies always remind me of this :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haqDFrFIpeE


You know once they get a sniff of profit they will become Georgina.

[Zero Liability]

You might want to read how the data was created before jumping to unsubstantiated claims

The site doesn't reveal a huge deal.

I get what the site is trying to do but I struggle to believe that the proportion of people supporting Green or Labour policies is anything like what that site implies, though I remain open to being corrected on that.

They are great if you live in a fictional world.

Since we don't and things have to be paid for....

Yes, and of course you can vote for something with it being non-specific as to who pays for what (or alternatively, something more specific like "the rich"), but if the incidence of its cost were to devolve on you (generally speaking), or people whom you know, it'd be interesting to see how support for various policies changes. As in, if their costs/benefits were clearer, including any opportunity/unseen costs, you will see a different picture entirely. Otherwise these things remain a wishlist.

[d000hg]

So they are not great at all then

Great as in "yes I'd like to live in a world like that" not "that sounds achievable". But the survey is only asking which things you like the sound of. So promising everyone a decent income while providing wonderful public services is going to be popular

[SueEllen]

So they are not great at all then

They are great if you live in a fictional world.

Since we don't and things have to be paid for....

[DodgyAgent]

many of the Green policies are probably great, it's just they're totally implausible outside some kind of idealist utopia.

So they are not great at all then

[Jeebo72]

Hmm got 100% ukip! Wasn't expecting that. Maybe I need to change my vote from the Conservatives.

[d000hg]

It doesn't need to be biased - many of the Green policies are probably great, it's just they're totally implausible outside some kind of idealist utopia.

[darmstadt]

Well it's probably based on a fairly limited and biased sample, as is the case with many tests like this.

You might want to read how the data was created before jumping to unsubstantiated claims

[Zero Liability]

Huh, I don't get any LibDem at all. Weird.

My constituency - staunch Labour strong-hold - shows the Greens doing best followed by Labour/Libdem in a tie.

But, their national figures show Tory support in 5th place so I wouldn't read too much into it.

Well it's probably based on a fairly limited and biased sample, as is the case with many tests like this.

[DodgyAgent]

Self-loathing? That's a lefty trait too.

It is an interesting concept:

The self-loathing of the British Left is now a problem for us all – Telegraph Blogs

Alan Bennett has become an ungrateful bore - Telegraph

[d000hg]

Huh, I don't get any LibDem at all. Weird.

My constituency - staunch Labour strong-hold - shows the Greens doing best followed by Labour/Libdem in a tie.

But, their national figures show Tory support in 5th place so I wouldn't read too much into it.

[VectraMan]

I came out 80% Tory, 20% Labour, weirdly enough. I thought it might say I was a Lib Dem.

The votes for my constituency come out 26% Lab, with the Cons in 5th place with 14%. Which is odd as it's been a Tory safe seat for 30 years. Shows how little you should believe these things.

[vetran]

50% tory 30% labour 20% UKIP. I am disgusted with myself about agreeing so many labour policies!

its New Labour, you may agree with them, you will probably never see them as promised.

e.g. Create new jobs and get our economy going = import the population of Accession country so the NHS & Schools are busy and they hire more foreign Locums that can't speak English at £500 an hour to the Agent and £5 to the Doctor.

[d000hg]

50% tory 30% labour 20% UKIP. I am disgusted with myself about agreeing so many labour policies!

Self-loathing? That's a lefty trait too.