Politics

[Root]

How would you define "approve" and "disapprove" for questions 2 through 5?

[hopeful traveller]

"I (dis)approve of how [person] is doing as leader of [party]/Prime Minister."

Really couldn't be any clearer.

[Root]

You made it a little clearer.

I don't particularly like David Cameron or agree with what he has done as Prime Minister. But I still thought he should have become PM after the last general election. So while I don't necessarily approve of how he is doing as PM, I approve that he is the PM. That's what I thought was unclear.

[hopeful traveller]

Well, questions two to five can be skipped, so if you haven't done it already, then I don't have anything against you skipping them (just as long as you don't skip Q1).

[Garion]

I voted Labour

**This post does not indicate that I wish to take part in any politial debate. This is merely an indication of what I chosen in your quiz. That is all**

[Cheshire Cat]

I am intrigued, HT:
1) What has this survey got to do with Year 7 Maths? You can't do much with it beyond drawing a few bar charts, surely? That's primary school stuff!
2) What are you doing teaching Year 7 anyway? Have education budgets been so slashed that all the teachers have been sacked and classes are now being taught by someone from the year above?

As to how I'd vote in a general election: I've put an answer, but in truth I will make my mind up on the day depending on who is standing rather than their politics. Someone who lives in the constituency and knows and understand its needs is a must. Last time round, I voted for an independent who was about as far from me politically as is possible (he made HT seem like Joe Stalin!), but he was a local businessman who had been a councillor for many years and actually cares about the area. None of the political parties currently represent my views and none offers a significantly different vision. All seem to be steadily moving rightwards and seem to be vying with each other to see who can oppress the poor and needy the most.

And as for the leaders - I dispair! None of them inspire, do they? Listening to Prime Minister's Questions is like watching two grannies slap each other with wet fish! Where are the great orators? The Foots, Kinnocks, Ashdowns, even the Thatchers?

[tubeguru]

You're missing a vital point. Everyone knows that civil servants run this country. The political parties are just the public face of the wheels of Government. Conservative, Labour, Lib Dem - doesn't matter who's in power - nothing much changes.

This is why I find Hopeless Traveller's constant Tory Boy antics hilarious, even though I traditionally vote Conservative.

[jamesthegill]

You're missing a vital point. Everyone knows that civil servants run this country. The political parties are just the public face of the wheels of Government. Conservative, Labour, Lib Dem - doesn't matter who's in power - nothing much changes.

This is why Hopeless Traveller's constant Tory Boy antics hilarious, even though I traditionally vote Conservative.

Sir Humphrey always managed to accomplish more than Jim Hacker, true enough...

[tubeguru]

I think Yes Minister/Prime Minister is a perfect example of how things REALLY work at Westminster.

[hopeful traveller]

Tax cuts due in April for all working parents. This government is working!

Edit: It's £600 per working adult.

[tubeguru]

So what's your prediction for the 2015 General Election?

[hopeful traveller]

http://yougov.co.uk/news/2013/01/02/dav ... -new-year/

Ditto.

[tubeguru]

To save me reading all that, are you suggesting that Conservative will win an outright majority?

[hopeful traveller]

To save me reading all that, are you suggesting that Conservative will win an outright majority?

Things will get worse (in terms of the Tory poll rating) between now and then, but we will win.

[tubeguru]

Good luck with that. I believe "you" will lose to Labour.