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This party fears four

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Stroppy Gob - Banned User 29 Mar 2014

> The BBC commissioned polling firm Populus to find out the labels voters use to describe the party leaders. The results are not pretty.

> David Cameron is described as "out of touch" by a quarter of voters. Ed Miliband was labelled "out of his depth" by 27% of voters.

> The most common description for Nick Clegg was "weak".

> Some 26% of those polled said Nigel Farage "stands up for Britain" but 22% of people thought he was weird.

> Apart from the - admittedly very fun - personality stuff, the poll also found that a majority of people trust David Cameron and George Osborne to manage the economy over Ed Miliband and Ed Balls. Of those polled, 58% opted for the Tories and 42% favoured Labour as stewards of the nation's finances.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-26787677

Well, well, well, Mr Farage seems to be doing rather well.

crayefish 29 Mar 2014

In reply to stroppygob:
I think he's relatively popular because he's a crap politician! All the good ones are relatively odious where as often the bad ones are fairly likeable.

I think it's similar to racing drivers... Vettel, Schumacher and Alonso - good yet a total knobs. Button, Massa and Weber - not as good but very likeable.

Ed balls being the exception of course... he's crap and odious.

Post edited at 22:52

Jon Stewart 29 Mar 2014

In reply to stroppygob:
Dreadful that people think Farage is a serious person.

Interesting way to analyse society in the survey though:

it divides the country into six segments, based on attitude and worldview:

- Comfortable nostalgia: voters who are unhappy with modern Britain
- Optimistic contentment: happy, secure people
- Calm persistence: hard-workers feeling the pinch
- Hard-pressed anxiety: voters who are stressed about life
- Long-term despair: those who feel left out
- Cosmopolitan critics: voters who would criticise the government whoever was in power

On political matters I guess I'm in the last category, but more generally it's "long term despair".

Where do you see yourself?

Post edited at 23:09

OP Stroppy Gob - Banned User 29 Mar 2014

In reply to Jon Stewart:

I don't know if you were asking me, or the forum in general?

But for me; Optimistic contentment: happy, secure person.

Jon Stewart 30 Mar 2014

In reply to stroppygob:

> I don't know if you were asking me, or the forum in general?

> But for me; Optimistic contentment: happy, secure person.

That's good, I had you down more as a "comfortable nostalgia" type after all the posts about the world going to hell in a politically correct handcart.

HenryMarx 30 Mar 2014

In reply to stroppygob:

Does any of this matter?

OP Stroppy Gob - Banned User 30 Mar 2014

In reply to HenryMarx:

Does anything matter? It's merely a question of your own inclination to indulge the topic, surely? We can chat away here, vent, rage, piss take, perseverate, and prevaricate till the cows come home, it’ll change nowt.

I thought it an interesting survey, odd for its type, and believed the members here may care to give their perspectives.

“Disce quasi semper victurus vive quasi cras moriturus.”