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British Political Parties- Who do you side with?

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Reply 20

username2313507

I wish the UK had a US-style Republican Party!

Reply 21

Tempest II

Original post by TelAviv

I wish the UK had a US-style Republican Party!

I don't. The Republican Party is far too religious for my liking. The Conservatives are generally secular in terms of policy & only really follow religion via traditionalism.

Reply 22

Jee1

Labour 87%
Liberal democrats 86%
Greens 86% what????
UKIP 64% errrrrr no
Conservatives 54%

Reply 23

TercioOfParma

Original post by TelAviv

I wish the UK had a US-style Republican Party!

I would rather a US-style libertarian party.

Reply 24

AlexS101

UKIP 82
Tory 80
Lib Dem 73
Labour 64
Green 31
(doesn't make much sense as it'd suggest 40+% of Ukip and labour policies are the same

Reply 25

JamesN88

Original post by Jee1

Labour 87%
Liberal democrats 86%
Greens 86% what????
UKIP 64% errrrrr no
Conservatives 54%

The Greens are basically Labour's extra luvvy duvvy wing, or at least they were pre-Corbyn. Most of their stances on things are aligned with Labour.

Reply 26

JamesN88

Original post by TercioOfParma

I would rather a US-style libertarian party.

Labour and the Tories are basically coalitions, but the latter do a better job of keeping things together compared to the Left with its umpteen splinter groups.

Reply 27

KingBradly

Original post by Nirvana1989-1994

They've all got at least one fault or another.

Conservatives-out-of-touch, but I guess the best out of the lot
UKIP-racist, stuck in the dark ages
Liberal democrats-not up to much
Labour- we're not in the 50s anymore so nah
Plaid Cymru-party for the Welsh, don't really care
Green-unrealistic policies, meh hippies
British Nationalists-basically UKIP2, but to a more extreme degree

And of course Sinn Fein - literally run by a terrorist.

Reply 28

TercioOfParma

Original post by JamesN88

Labour and the Tories are basically coalitions, but the latter do a better job of keeping things together compared to the Left with its umpteen splinter groups.

That's the problem. It compromises political ideology.

Reply 29

Nirvana1989-1994

Original post by KingBradly

And of course Sinn Fein - literally run by a terrorist.

Forgot about them, but would've said that I didn't care. :smile:

Reply 30

Nirvana1989-1994

Actually, sorry, that sounded rude.

Reply 31

JamesN88

Original post by KingBradly

And of course Sinn Fein - literally run by a terrorist.

Not ideal to put it mildly, but necessary for the sake of the peace deal.

Reply 32

JamesN88

Original post by TercioOfParma

That's the problem. It compromises political ideology.

At least If both sides split up we could probably end up with a Centrist coalition that everybody could put up with.

Reply 33

Asolare

Lmao when was that picture of Theresa May taken cause it deffo is not from the last 10yrs at least.
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Got 98% Labour, 94% Lib Dem, 92% SNP, 91% Plaid Cymru, 90% Green, 80% Sinn Féin, 62% Conservative, 53% UKIP, 31% BNP, 23% DUP.

Not that surprised but I thought I'd be more lib dem than labour.

(edited 7 years ago)

Reply 34

porn induced coma

Parties you side with...

97% Labour

96% Green

87% Liberal Democrats

24% Conservatives

23% UK Independence

91% Plaid Cymru

90% Scottish Nationals

No real surprises here then. For the 5 main English parties they are:

Conservatives - 92%
Lib Dem - 78%
UKIP - 78%
Labour - 65%.
Green - 36%

(edited 7 years ago)

Reply 37

SchrodingersMatt

I really can't see who would be in number 10 if an election was held tomorrow. Most people dislike the tories, labour have lost so many voters, lib dems are.... lib gems, Green does not have enough support and well UKIP won't get enough vote either