Subject: It's election season in the UK. [PolitiScales/Plortitics]
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Posted on: 2019-12-06 13:13:40 UTC

In six days, we get to vote for our entire government - again. We should still have the government from 2015 (Parliament is meant to be elected for 5 year terms), but this is our second election since then, and could lead to our fourth Prime Minister in four years. It's all a bit mad.

Our next government will almost certainly be formed either by the Tories/Conservatives (who will promptly crash us out of our relationship with our nearest and largest trading partner), or by a hodgepodge coalition of the Left and Centre (who will... Manwe only knows, but items on the agenda will be cancelling Brexit in multiple mutually exclusive ways, and holding a referendum for Scotland to leave the UK). Neither option looks like it's going to go particularly well, though I'm vastly in favour of the second. But instead of thinking about that... how about some political compasses?

PolitiScales is the PPC's preferred political compass for the last couple of years. By asking 117 questions (multiple choice, it takes about 15 minutes), it spits out not only your Left/Right and Socially Liberal/Authoritarian position, but also a bunch of other values. It also creates a very snazzy map for you based on your results, along with the motto of the nation of you. This is the record of the PPC's historic results.

Here's my results for this year. Not a lot of change really, and most of it to higher values: I've gone more in for Constructivism and Ecology, and have pushed almost to the max on Regulationism and Internationalism. Scapegrace will also be pleased to know that I've become more revolutionary (probably because my country is going to pot in a handbasket).

My motto remains as Equality - Humanity - Socialism, and my flag is pretty much the same (just a couple of colours changed in the cross). And, I've managed to shake off the shameful Pragmatist badge I picked up last time; hooray!

What I really like to do with these results is plot them onto a map, in what has become known as The Protectors of Plortitics. Rest assured that everything is made ready for the next generation; as soon as I have a few results to work with, I'll get the first map up for your enjoyment...

hS

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