Your voice in Europe, your vote on May 25th

[Janet]

 

Official EU

or BBC HERE.

("EFD" is "Europe of Freedom and Democracy", a right-wing eurosceptic group in the european parliament)

[Michael]

Here's the bit I don't understand.

How come everyone is talking about how well UKIP has done but everything for the UK on that  EU page is blank. 

[Janet]

results not fully in officially yet because London still not declared because London said it would not publish by borough but only as a single result and Tower Hamlets fucked up  ... and because the Scottish vote can't be included (even though the SNP did better than expected which will piss off England) because although virtually the whole country's vote is counted, the Western Islands won't count votes on "the Sabbath" ...

[Michael]

results not fully in officially yet because London still not declared because London said it would not publish by borough but only as a single result and Tower Hamlets fucked up  ... and because the Scottish vote can't be included (even though the SNP did better than expected which will piss off England) because although virtually the whole country's vote is counted, the Western Islands won't count votes on "the Sabbath" ...

I might have known those friggin numpties would be involved somewhere. 

[Michael]

On the plus side,

British National Party leader Nick Griffin has been ousted as an MEP - but said Ukip supporters were racists who would turn back to his party when they realised Nigel Farage would not "send them all home".

The far-right party lost both its European Parliament seats in the North West, with Labour taking three, Ukip three and the Conservatives two.

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-05-26/bnp-leader-nick-griffin-loses-european-parliament-seat/

[Janet]

I was talking to Clio O'Flynn, along with Karl McLoughlin, today on Adeje English Time, the full programme dedicated to discussing the European election results. If anyone's interested, click the following link and download. The file is just too big to upload ...

[Guanche]

We've been out today so not kept pace with the news. From what little I have read and listened to it would seem that not a lot will change. The main Europhile parties in the EU still have their power base, smaller but still the two biggist parties. Very few comments on the 'EU Active' news letters I get. I know its early days but I think the Brussels Bubble installed 'Earth quake' foundations years ago. While Europe shakes Brussels seems unmoved?

[Janet]

Yes, I think that's right ... but each earthquake weakens those sorts of foundations, and this was a big one.

Two early casualties, within 24 hours. The Irish Labour leader has resigned, as has Spain's socialist PSOE leader (heir to Zapatero) ...

early days ...

[Guanche]

I hope so Janet, I really hope so

[Janet]

I've talked about abstentions here, and how low the turnout was, and suggested it's the result of apathy ... and some support for that interpretation comes from the analysis of abstentions, and the result that Arona was the municipality with the smallest vote, a participation of just 22,32% . People would seem just to know there that there is absolutely no bloody point voting.

To me, if ever there was a clear connection between apathy, political corruption and low turnout, it's Arona. And the simple fact is that the Canaries was the CCAA with the lowest turnout in Spain. Arona is just the worst apple in a barrel of pretty fucking awful apples.