Next week 0.3% of the electorate will probably choose Liz "Thatcher without the humour" Truss to continue the arduous task of ruining Britain. I always thought that you could spot a Tory a mile off, so I microwaved up a stupid game to test this theory.
In "Tory, or not Tory", you'll see official portraits of 10 Members of Parliament. You decide if each photo is of a Conservative MP, or from one of the other political parties that you'd be better off voting for.
(, Thu 1 Sep 2022, 9:22, Reply)
7/10
Might be interesting (if you are not already doing so) to gather the data and see which people get right/wrong the most. I'd read a blog post on who is the most and least Tory-looking, anyway.
(, Thu 1 Sep 2022, 10:00, Reply)
I am indeed collecting stats. I do think of feeding the portraits into some sort of AI thing to try and find 'Tory-traits'.
To be honest I would have liked the game to have a bit more 'meat', like maybe a mini-bio per MP with whatever controversy they may have caused. But there's 619 in there, and apart from Wikipedia there is no easy API to tap into to get a list of terrible things that they have said or done.
(, Thu 1 Sep 2022, 10:29, Reply)
You might want to make the photos B&W, otherwise the ties are a dead giveaway.
(, Thu 1 Sep 2022, 13:21, Reply)
I put a few stats on Twitter: twitter.com/Bagpuss_org/status/1567155316239863814
(, Tue 6 Sep 2022, 15:20, Reply)
Thought it was a bit unfair as he's only not a Tory cos he's a sex pest, but he is a Tory really so I gave up then and there.
(, Thu 1 Sep 2022, 10:27, Reply)
Yes, I have been caught out with this too. I was thinking of just allowing both answers to be correct when a Tory has been ousted.
(, Thu 1 Sep 2022, 10:30, Reply)
Details are available online (the whips keep spreadsheets on that sort of thing for blackmail purposes and one got released accidentally on purpose not so long ago).
(, Thu 1 Sep 2022, 14:26, Reply)
(, Thu 1 Sep 2022, 11:36, Reply)
There is a certain mental look in the eyes I was looking for.
Before I played, I thought I was prejudiced. Now I know I am just judging them correctly and they are mental.
(, Thu 1 Sep 2022, 13:38, Reply)
Just like everyone who votes for them
(, Thu 1 Sep 2022, 14:20, Reply)