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Are you to the right or left of our leaders
cepheus
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In view of the recent election of Jeremy Corbyn for Labour, I was wondering where you stood relative to our political leaders? Has anyone on this board taken the political compass test to find out? The Discussion Time posters surprised me with their results a few years back.
https://www.politicalcompass.org/test
https://www.politicalcompass.org/test
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I'll play
I used a coin toss to answer four questions I was neutral on
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: 0.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.41
So what's the verdict, considering I'm an immigrant should I be allowed to stay in the UK, I did manage 100% in my Life In The UK test if that counts for anything, even the PM couldn't manage that apparently
Should I pack my bags, start a political party or visit a mental health professional :santa2:0 -
Mine was:
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -0.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.21Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop0 -
I did it, and I was near Mahatma Gandhi, so I did it again and was closer to Adolf Hitler.0
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SunSunSundegei wrote: »I did it, and I was near Mahatma Gandhi, so I did it again and was closer to Adolf Hitler.
I assume that the meds kicked in in between tests
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Glad to see that I am nowhere near Hitler or Mad Mags, but wasn't as close to Gandhi as I thought I might be."When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty." - Thomas Jefferson0
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I thought somewhere on that site there was a list of politicians. This is from Google search
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MacMickster wrote: »Glad to see that I am nowhere near Hitler or Mad Mags, but wasn't as close to Gandhi as I thought I might be.
Thanks for the chart Cepheus. I AM Nelson Mandela.
Edit: Interesting to see so little difference between Red Ed Milliband and David Cameron."When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty." - Thomas Jefferson0 -
Who is there that I might knwo in the purple box? Friedman is well over in the scale. I'm almost slap bang in the middle...
Economic left/right 0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian -2.10 -
I ended up near Pope Benedict XVI
Don't blame me, I voted Remain.0 -
mayonnaise wrote: »I ended up near Pope Benedict XVI
I'm very near Francois Hollande. They probably didn't put Tony Blair on it because he is so far to the right, it would have ended up with a ridiculous scale.Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop0
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