Here comes the European elections!

[Balbi]

WOOT. 9pm, BRING ON THE WALL.



Socialist, Liberals and Greens do well in Denmark.

 

[butchersapron]

seems unreliable Labour on 33%

There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reaoson to some of the reports (rumours) flying around.

 

[Fedayn]

NPA done well in France.

 

[butchersapron]

Burnley results BNP - 13.36%

 

[cliche guevara]

Even Mebyon Kernow have done better than Labour in Corwall. lulz.

 

[Nemo]

Apparently local Lib Dems (for what they're worth as a source) say Nick Griffin hasn't won a seat.

 

[butchersapron]

Newcastle result:

Lib Dem 15646
Labour 14148
Con 8678
UKIP 6876
BNP 5152
Green 4443

Lib Dems up 1% Lab -7% Con -1% UKIP +1% BNP +5%

 

[treelover]

Surely it is UKIP which has much more chance of getting some of its ideas on the political agenda than the BNP which will be lucky to get one seat.


apparently, the Swoppies are protesting across the country, what a joke they are

 

[JHE]

Don't know where Lowles is getting these from...

My guess is that people at the counts are texting him.

 

[claphamboy]

BBC reporting the LibDems are saying that Griffin hasn't won his seat in the NW, one assumes based on what they have observed of the count.

 

[JHE]

apparently, the Swoppies are protesting across the country, what a joke they are

Are they protesting at not getting any votes?

 

[treelover]

UKIP 6876
BNP 5152

Combined vote of reaction of over 12,000

 

[treelover]

exactly, they represent no one, student politics innit?

 

[mutley]

Treelover get a life.

The BBC website has got 17 seats for 'The Left' so far, contrasted to 67 for 'the socialists'. Some are from France and Germany, so I assume its Die Linke, but wot from France?

 

[elbows]

My fears about the BNP doing well were largely based on how close they came in some areas last time. I will be very happy if they dont even get one this time, though it probably means UKIP have done well.

 

[Nemo]

Treelover get a life.

The BBC website has got 17 seats for 'The Left' so far, contrasted to 67 for 'the socialists'. Some are from France and Germany, so I assume its Die Linke, but wot from France?

PCF in France.

 

[Fedayn]

Treelover get a life.

The BBC website has got 17 seats for 'The Left' so far, contrasted to 67 for 'the socialists'. Some are from France and Germany, so I assume its Die Linke, but wot from France?

FFS, you really are insular clowns in the SWP.... It's the NPA and CP in France that are deemed 'The Left' in this election.

 

[ViolentPanda]

exactly, they represent no one, student politics innit?

You're missing the point. They're protesting because it will allow them to mythologise that they actually did something worthwhile to stop the BNP achieving power, not because they represent anyone. Now they'll be able to tell themselves that they did something beyond shrieking about the "Nazi BNP".

 

[trevhagl]

Newcastle result:

Lib Dem 15646
Labour 14148
Con 8678
UKIP 6876
BNP 5152
Green 4443

Lib Dems up 1% Lab -7% Con -1% UKIP +1% BNP +5%

I know 2 people who are part of that UKIP vote - fuck!!!
Mind you they weren't very happy when i told em what lies behind their anti Europe agenda.
Worrying that over 5000 voted nazi though - yikes!

 

[treelover]

Hague is expounding that PR allows people to have a cost free protest vote, but surely it also allows for people to have the chance to vote for a party, extreme left or right which is much more proximate to their beliefs

 

[trevhagl]

Hague is expounding that PR allows people to have a cost free protest vote, but surely it also allows for people to have the chance to vote for a party, extreme left or right which is much more proximate to their beliefs

true, but in the case of my 2 'mates' listed above, they just didn't have a clue what they were voting for...

I think there should be a system where you can vote for up to 3 candidates and vote for 1 you DON'T want to get in.

 

[mutley]

FFS, you really are insular clowns in the SWP.... It's the NPA and CP in France that are deemed 'The Left' in this election.

Yes I know its NPA and a CP coalition, twat, what i wanted to know was who actually got some MEPs from those two?

 

[butchersapron]

Manchester

Lab 27502
LD 16424
Tory 11896
Green 12225
UKIP 8002
BNP 6796

Very bad for BNP.

edit: 76%, still close to what's likely to be the threshold.

 

[trevhagl]

does anyone know if there's any rules about deposits in these elections? Say if you get under a certain amount you lose a deposit?

 

[trevhagl]

Manchester

Lab 27502
LD 16424
Tory 11896
Green 12225
UKIP 8002
BNP 6796

Very bad for BNP.

still nearly 7000 voting for nazis, unthinkable 10 years ago....

 

[Fedayn]

Yes I know its NPA and a CP coalition, twat, what i wanted to know was who actually got some MEPs from those two?

According to the BBC both, twat.

 

[mutley]

According to the BBC both, twat.

Thanks, twat.

Does that mean Monsieur Le Trotskyist Post-homme Pat is an MEP? (Can't remeber the spelling... Besancenot?)
Sure hope so.

 

[mutley]

does anyone know if there's any rules about deposits in these elections? Say if you get under a certain amount you lose a deposit?

2.5%

£5000 per region at stake.

 

[treelover]

The Jobbik Party, defintely an neo-nazi party get three seats in Hungary

 

[Prince Rhyus]

still nearly 7000 voting for nazis, unthinkable 10 years ago....

This ^^^