I would tend to follow three principles: 1. what the law states; 2. common sense; 3. common practice. Unfortunately, this may produce three different answers; not a lot of help!

There is only one paragraph in the Highway Code (188) on mini roundabouts: "Approach these in the same way as normal roundabouts. All vehicles MUST pass round the central markings except large vehicles which are physically incapable of doing so. Remember, there is less space to manoeuvre and less time to signal. Avoid making U-turns at mini-roundabouts. Beware of others doing this." Not much help there. The rule about going ROUND the painted central marking is generally ignored by drivers, so your mini-roundabout is something of a free-for-all and survival of the fittest/fastest prevails.

Common sense would suggest a kind of "zip merge", with drivers more or less moving in turn: somewhere between a US "four way stop" and the eminently practical "alternating priority" in the Channel Islands, which makes traffic flow smoothly. Zip merging has long been thought of as un-British and plans to introduce a road sign to order zip merging were abandoned when research showed that courtesy (the endless "After you, Claude" and flashes of lights ad infinitum) prevails over pragmatism.

So finally, the "common practice" of what drivers do in day to day reality: it may be that 90% of drivers using that mini roundabout have an idea of how things "should" work and follow a sort of inbuilt system. The instinct to give way to right-turners, rightly or wrongly, is a reflection of this.

Fixed rule? Naaah - anarchy rules! And I'm quite sure that any collisions on a mini roundabout (not really likely given the low speeds and drivers' edginess when facing the unknown) would always end in an insurance "knock-for-knock". Happy motoring!

It's priority to the right. Simple as that. If there is somene already on it, you must give way to them, obviously.

If the person who has priority is hesitating, you just throttle ahead, with brakes in good order.

Try not to make any hand signs as you accelerate through.

As others have said it is a bit of a dilemma. Ordinarily what you say about taking it in turns, or using time of arrival at the roundabaout to assign priority does make sense. Someone has referred to a continuous stream of cars from the north, going west, which will block you off. That is the failing of the roundabout, and if that is a common occurrence then lights would be more appropriate. All you can do is wait, and wait, and wait.

I can think of a right turn in Haslemere, leading to Tesco, where it is impossible to turn right without ignoring a red light if there is oncoming traffic, due to nincompoop light phasing. I guess roads are not perfect.