Public Whip
Just found another one of these ‘how would you vote things’ : the Public Whip. Interestingly, it places me even more LibDem! I’m still thinking about it; I used the LibDem’s own Local Income Tax Calculator this morning, and discovered that in my current situation I’d be better off; right up until ProFactor‘s revenue starts coming in — then I’ll be worse off to the tune of £1000!
Still, a local income tax does seem a bit fairer to me than a one-size-fits-all council tax based on the value of your property!
My full results were:
| Issue (numbers are from 100% agrees strongly to 0% disagrees strongly) | You | Labour | Tony McNulty (your Labour ex-MP) | Conservative | Liberal Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| foundation hospitals | Neutral 50% | Agree 80% | Agree (strong) 100% | Disagree 14% | Disagree (strong) 6% |
| student top-up fees | Disagree 25% | Agree 85% | Agree (strong) 99% | Disagree (strong) 2% | Disagree (strong) 1% |
| Labour’s anti-terrorism laws | Disagree (strong) 0% | Agree (strong) 88% | Agree (strong) 97% | Disagree 15% | Disagree (strong) 4% |
| the Iraq war | Disagree (strong) 0% | Agree 76% | Agree (strong) 100% | Agree 71% | Disagree (strong) 1% |
| introducing ID cards | Disagree (strong) 0% | Agree 83% | Agree 82% | Neutral 41% | Disagree 13% |
| the ban on fox hunting | Agree 75% | Agree (strong) 92% | Agree (strong) 89% | Disagree (strong) 9% | Agree 63% |
| equal gay rights | Agree (strong) 100% | Agree (strong) 89% | Agree (strong) 97% | Disagree 37% | Agree (strong) 89% |
| Comparison with your opinion: 100% voted same as your view 0% voted opposite to your view | Neutral with you 48% | Neutral with you 40% | Neutral with you 55% | Agree with you 84% |
So as you can see, quite a good match. Still, something’s nagging at the back of my mind about them, and I can neither place it nor justify it. We’ll see.
Filed under: Blog
Posted at 12:23:00 BST on 20th April 2005.
