Politics

[Andy McGregor]

Anyway, what I was posting to say, was that I enjoyed this thread so much - can't we set up a Weekly Discussion Topic???
Rachel

I think Rachel has made a brilliant suggestion. And the next obvious topic has to be Politics.

I've searched the net for definitions of different political structures to compile a questionnaire. My initial thought was that people could indicate how right or left wing they are. But it seems that today's political spectrum is more complex. So I've used something I found here called the political compass. It has a left/right axis and an authoritarian/libertarian axis. There is also a test which you can take to see where you fit into the spectrum. I was almost on the crossing point of both axes slightly left wing and slightly libertarain - which surprised me as I think I'm right wing