Think you know Left and Right?

I've been doing a little unscientific research into political stances of British and American leadership, using The World's Smallest Political Quiz as my guide.

I say unscientific because I did what I could to guess or read what Labour, the Conservatives, Obama and McCain said or did that might suggest an answer to each question. Consider that to be a disclaimer, since some of the results are unusual to say the least.

Starting with the US -

John McCain:



Barack Obama:





The main two British parties -

Labour:



Conservatives:





Yeppers, you saw it here first. Not only is Britain apparently dangerously close to total police state, our Conservatives are (on some things) to the 'left' of Labour! Also, this supports the idea that American 'liberals' [socialists] are comparable to European 'conservatives'.

And for comparison...ME:



I guess that's why I'm so pished at the current state of things. If only we'd abolish central banks, stop the spy state, stay out of foreign conflicts, stop state-controlled education, deregulate small arms completely, stop bailing everyone out, cut government size...


Seems I have become a little more libertarian recently - been reading too much Ron Paul stuff :-)


Take the multiple choice quiz here.