What political party do you support?

I'm a Labour guy myself.

Although in all honesty all the parties are blending into one at the minute (except the more radical ones obvs)

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Originally Posted by Robbie

UKIP.

I laughed at how you described BNP as "radical neo-nazis". Just because they are a right wing party doesn't necessarily mean they are neo-nazis. I also lauged at how you described the Conservative Party as right-wing. They left most right-wing policies behind when they tried to emulate "New Labour" and become the common mans party. All they really did was lose their core vote. Maybe if they held a referendum, in or out of Europe, they'd have won an overall majority thanks to the core vote.

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That's essentially what they are, they want to rid the country of immigrants, like the Nazis did with Jews 70 years ago.

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Originally Posted by R0BB13G

That's essentially what they are, they want to rid the country of immigrants, like the Nazis did with Jews 70 years ago.

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If having an actual mmigration policy and actually wanting to talk about the issue of immigration makes them neo-nazis, then so be it. However, with liblabcon too scared to implement real policy - we will only see a rise in support for BNP.

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Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

a party which makes no attempt to re-install grammer schools which was the fairest education system around

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lololololololol yes, very fair. Very fair that my nana failed her 11 plus on purpose because her family weren't rich enough to afford grammar school uniform, books etc.

I don't really support any party but I am a left-wing so my opinions tend to agree with the parties of that persuasion. I have to confess that I am surprised how well the coalition is doing and think that if there ever was an extreme-right party going into power such as BNP that I hope they're in a coalition with an extreme-left party just so the two can balance each other out, which seems to me to be the best solution.

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Originally Posted by Inseriousity.

lololololololol yes, very fair. Very fair that my nana failed her 11 plus on purpose because her family weren't rich enough to afford grammar school uniform, books etc.

I don't really support any party but I am a left-wing so my opinions tend to agree with the parties of that persuasion. I have to confess that I am surprised how well the coalition is doing and think that if there ever was an extreme-right party going into power such as BNP that I hope they're in a coalition with an extreme-left party just so the two can balance each other out, which seems to me to be the best solution.

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Because nowadays to get the best education you have to be well off/rich, grammer schools had nothing to do with being rich or poor - they assessed you on your skill and ability which allowed the cleverest to make it to the top regardless of whether or not their parents had money. The 11+ was based on your intellectual ability, not how rich you or your family were. Nowadays to get into the best schools its not about ability; its about having rich parents who can afford to buy a house in the catchment area of the good school.

From what I know (thats not really a lot) UKIP seem pretty good.

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Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

Because nowadays to get the best education you have to be well off/rich, grammer schools had nothing to do with being rich or poor - they assessed you on your skill and ability which allowed the cleverest to make it to the top regardless of whether or not their parents had money. The 11+ was based on your intellectual ability, not how rich you or your family were. Nowadays to get into the best schools its not about ability; its about having rich parents who can afford to buy a house in the catchment area of the good school.

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yeah in theory, it was meant to test your intellectual ability but in practice, it doesn't if poor people fail a test on purpose to avoid expensive grammar school education.

Labour because it's something I've always supported and something my family have all supported.

Labour, mainly because of my parents background which is from the welsh miners and its just been drilled into me my whole life to support them. Oh and because it would be pointless voting anything else as conservatives are way of the mark - the only people close are the liberal democrats. Mind you most parties are centred it wouldn't really matter who I support.

I'm not really sure. I was liberal but now I see that they've fallen into bed with the conservatives a little too easily I'm not that happy to carry on. None of the major parties do it for me, according to that political compass thingy I tend to be in line with the green party. Hmm.