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Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.72

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Economic L/R -6.25
Social Lib/Auth -3.85

Further left than I thought but, like other folks, I wasn't happy with any of the available responses for some questions. Still, somewhere near Ghandi so not too bad.

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"Experience isn't everything - but it's most of it".

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

Economic Left/Right: -4.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.59

So that's libertarian left.

And I'm more anti-artifically-low-speed-limit than anti camera. If the law wasn't wrong then the cameras would not be necessary to enforce it.

My political compass:
Economic Left/Right: 2.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.10

I would have described my political orientation as right wing liberal, before taking this test, and this test has confirmed it!

I am antispeed camera but not anti speed enforcement. I too would like to add that this view point was formed on the the basis of evidence rather than emotion.

My political compass:
Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.59

Closer to Gandhi than Thatcher. I don't own any flip flops though.

Has anyone plotted all of the answers on a graph yet?

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COAST Not just somewhere to keep a beach.

A young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law.

right wing libertarian,

did it 5 years ago and was the same.

3.50 & -1.78ish

There are lots of left-wingers on here according to the results, just out of interest who reads the Guardian? Would be interesting to see if there is a correlation between estimated political orientation and news paper choice.

I don't read any papers, but if I did I would probably pick a more right wing publication.

The reason for this is it's easier to pick out bullshit if the paper isn't pandering to your views, so you're more likely to form a valid opinion

What I want to know, is how on earth they got Stalin and Hitler to fill in the online questionnaire?!

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Paul Smith
Our scrap speed cameras petition got over 28,000 sigs
The Safe Speed campaign demands a return to intelligent road safety

I must say, I would like to know *how* they work out where diferent political parties/individuals actually lie ( )

There may be a way of checking this (Though it may take a little while)

I am interested however in just *how* strongly many people round here seem to congragete in the "Lower left corner" of the map though!

This isnt just "diferent" to the current political enviroment! It is "Diametrically opposed" to it!

According to "Political map" almost everybody here would be Green if they (The Greens) werent so anti-car (ie anti-Personal transport! it doesnt mean we are all terminal petrol-heads you know!(But I *do* miss My Jag V12 HmNNNNNN ))

And it is true! I am Green! I care about my enviroment and that is why I support the mass construction of pebble bed reactor Nuclear power stations! along with photovoltaics on all new build houses ( a more detailed description of my energy policy is available on request )

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"The road to a police state is paved with public safety legislation"

I'm really green too! I want fusion asap!!!!

Seriously though, the "grid" has problems with the siting of the greens - the green "politicals" are, IMHO, actually authoritarian (or would be given half a chance) - they are also diametrically opposed to the "orthodox" extreme left in being both un- and anti-scientific (even in their anti-capitalism - which evidences no understanding of how that system works)

Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.87

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Chaos, panic and disorder - my work here is done.

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Q. Are you a stupid fascist with limited reading skills or are you just a retard?

Economic Left/Right: -2.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.18

One third in the direction of Nelson Mandella...

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Speed limit sign radio interview. TV Snap Unhappy
“It has never been the rule in this country – I hope it never will be - that suspected criminal offences must automatically be the subject of prosecution” He added that there should be a prosecution: “wherever it appears that the offence or the circumstances of its commission is or are of such a character that a prosecution in respect thereof is required in the public interest”
This approach has been endorsed by Attorney General ever since 1951. CPS Code

Thats why I sad "Political Enviroment" rather than "What most people think"

I would be interested in the result from, say 1000 people taken at random! (Subject, of course, to their assessment of the various political parties being correct-which it may not be)

Might explain why turnout is so low these days

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"The road to a police state is paved with public safety legislation"

I was listening to Radio 5 Live last night and they had as a guest Sean Gabb of the Libertarian Alliance who was saying that all the main political parties now put forward variations on the same theme, so a lot of people (possibly most people) are effectively disenfranchised.

Parties are now more like businesses trying to get the electorate to buy their particular product rather than actually representing a particular set of ideas and values.

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"Show me someone who says that they have never exceeded a speed limit, and I'll show you a liar, or a menace." (Austin Williams - Director, Transport Research Group)

Any views expressed in this post are personal opinions and may not represent the views of Safe Speed

Economic Left/Right: -3.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.62

Dammit - a libertarian pope

Surely a sample of 1,000 should end up as average (0,0) and if they didn't then there's something wrong with the centering of the scales? What other yardstick could we possibly have?

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Paul Smith
Our scrap speed cameras petition got over 28,000 sigs
The Safe Speed campaign demands a return to intelligent road safety

I think the scales are rather American-biased. Virtually all people here come out with a minus score on the Social Libertarian/Authoritarian axis, which I think stems from the fact that a lot of the questions have a religious element, and we in the UK are much less religious than the Americans.

If translated to the UK we might have more questions like "Should convicted paedophiles automatically be imprisoned for life?" or whatever.

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"Show me someone who says that they have never exceeded a speed limit, and I'll show you a liar, or a menace." (Austin Williams - Director, Transport Research Group)

Any views expressed in this post are personal opinions and may not represent the views of Safe Speed