UK General Election

[Borachio]

http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/elections-and-voting/general/general-election-timetable-2015/

Despite the increasing fervour for the Presidential election in the US next year already, the UK's general election has not so far raised much interest on CFC despite being due on 7th May.

It's by no means clear what's going to happen in this election except, maybe, that UKIP will experience a considerable measure of success. Even though it seems to be staggering from crisis to crisis at the moment.

Anyway, for those that are interested here's a political compass quiz for the coming election.

https://uk.isidewith.com/

It does seem to be a little more nuanced than the usual Political Compass quiz we've seen here.

Btw, the quiz has decided that I'm 89% Green. Which frankly comes as no big surprise to me.

Non-UK members might also be interested in the quiz, but there's no reason why they should, I guess.

 

[Godwynn]

Link to video.

This is all I know about the UK election. What a disaster.

 

[BenitoChavez]

The last question from the political compass test:

Should the government allow the creation of babies using DNA from three different people?

I didn't even know such a thing was possible

 

[dutchfire]

Labour 89%
Lib Dems 86%
Green 83%
Conservativs 62%
UKIP 62%

 

[Borachio]

The last question from the political compass test:



I didn't even know such a thing was possible

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31069173

The method, which was developed in Newcastle, should help women like Sharon Bernardi, from Sunderland, who lost all seven of her children to mitochondrial disease.

Mitochondria are the tiny compartments inside nearly every cell of the body that convert food into useable energy. They have their own DNA, which does not affect characteristics such as appearance.

Defective mitochondria are passed down only from the mother. They can lead to brain damage, muscle wasting, heart failure and blindness.

The technique uses a modified version of IVF to combine the DNA of the two parents with the healthy mitochondria of a donor woman.

It results in babies with 0.1% of their DNA from the second woman and is a permanent change that would be passed down through the generations.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

So, basically, any answer to that question other than "of course it should be allowed" would indicate that the political compass is pointed towards the lower aft portion of the anatomy in which the head has become stuck.

 

[Borachio]

Hmm. I wonder what the public opinion in the US would be on this issue. And on IVF in general, come to that.

I can imagine, though I might imagine wrongly, that a lot of people would call it interfering with nature and playing God. Especially on the right wing.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

So, basically, any answer to that question other than "of course it should be allowed" would indicate that the political compass is pointed towards the lower aft portion of the anatomy in which the head has become stuck.

Hmm. I wonder what the public opinion in the US would be on this issue. And on IVF in general, come to that.

I can imagine, though I might imagine wrongly, that a lot of people would call it interfering with nature and playing God. Especially on the right wing.

As I was saying...

 

[JollyRoger]

I think the Queen keeps her crown.

 

[Borachio]

What? Even when she's got her head stuck up her posterior? Those crowns are a bit spiky, you know.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Are you saying the Queen is against this? If so she's lost my vote.

Wait, she doesn't need votes.

And I actually don't get a vote.

Other than that though my comment makes perfect sense.

 

[Borachio]

I'm not sure the Queen gets a vote either.

http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/QueenandGovernment/Queenandvoting.aspx

Oh. Look. She can vote for MEPs and could stand as an MEP, though. I didn't know that.

 

[really]

Labour 97% - I am surprised I line up that close.
Lib Dem 93%
Green 90%
Sinn Féin 81% - I am very surprised by this: south of the border I wouldn't consider giving them a preference.
Tory 62%
UKIP 39%
BNP 27%
DUP 23%

Why are the Greens classified as a regional party? Is there a scottish greens, welsh greens etc?

 

[Borachio]

In the sense that Scottish Greens can stand for the Scottish Parliament; and Welsh Greens for the Welsh Assembly; I suppose they are regional. But they're still a national party as well (I think). Unlike the DUP, who could, interestingly, hold the balance of power in the next UK parliament.

This stuff is far too complex in my opinion.

 

[really]

I looked it up - there are regional Green parties: one for England and Wales, one for Scotland and an all-Ireland one.

 

[classical_hero]

The last question from the political compass test:



I didn't even know such a thing was possible

Scary isn't it.

As i predicted I am 85% UKIP., with Labour last.

On the issues most important to me, which were social issues, I side with Democratic Unionists.

 

[bathsheba666]

Green 92%
Labour 91%
Liberal Democrats 83%
British Nationals 24%
Conservatives 20%
UKIP 20 %

 

[Borachio]

Scary isn't it.

As i predicted I am 85% UKIP., with Labour last.

On the issues most important to me, which were social issues, I side with Democratic Unionists.

But why? I don't understand why you, a resident of Perth, would side with the DUP on social issues. Whatever they are; I'm really not sure what they are.

Is Perth a stronghold of Presbyterianism?

 

[sophie]

96% Labour
94% Lib Dem
90% Sinn Féin
36% Tory
34% UKIP
96% Plaid Cymru

Pretty disgusted that my UKIP percentage is that high, but whatever.


This may be relevant. John Oliver is on HBO and so doesn't respect your stupid censorship rules. Therefore watch at your own discretion:

NSFW: Languague

Spoiler :

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[Borachio]

Link to video.

Farage, too, is standing for South Thanet.


Link to video.