E U Parliament Elections

[Gromit]

The Brexit Party will win the majority of seats, UKIP will disappear.
The LibDems will get all the Remainer votes and come a good second - beating Labour in London.
The Labour Party will have a bad day coming a distant third, and the Tory Party will be virtually annihilated.
Don’t think Tommy Robinson will get elected, despite all the free publicity.

Have I missed anything ?

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

/// Robinson is a candidate in my area, so I got his leaflet through my door.
It does not mention his numerous convicts for football hooliganism, violent attacks, mortgage fraud and contempt of court.
But it does mention other peoples convictions such as Muslim groomer gangs. ///

And rightly so, surely even you would consider their crimes to be much worse than anything that Tommy Robinson has committed.

As regards him mentioning his past crimes in his election leaflet, did Tony Blair mention anything of his alleged war crimes in his?

[Khandro]

Jeremy Corbyn's ambivalence on Brexit has meant his supporters are backing other sides — leaving easy pickings for the Lib Dems and for Nigel Farage. Katy Balls writing in today's Spectator says she met Farage at a rally in Dudley, choc full of defecting Labour members: ‘Labour are in so much trouble here, you can’t believe it,’ he told her '


danny //He was a member of the EDL classed as a far-right Islamaphobic organisation.//

Classed by whom & when? He wasn't simply a member, he founded it! and it wasn't started on an "islamaphobic" agenda. Many racists and bigots joined it though, at which point Tommy left.

[anotheoldgit]

dannyk13

/// He was a member of the EDL classed as a far-right Islamaphobic organisation. ///

Classed as a far-right Islamaphobic organisation by whom?

But then I suppose that most such groups, are lumbered with such accusations, by the Left, the media and establishment.

That is any organised group or any member of the general public who are truly concerned over the rise of Islam in this country.

Wasn't even the police scared for years over taking action against the Muslim grooming gangs, for fear of being accused of institutional racist, all while hundreds of young white girls were having their lives ruined by these evil men.

[grumpy01]

Thanks for that Danny,will look out for it at polling station later.

[dannyk13]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Defence_League

[ichkeria]

How it works in GB is the party or individual who gets most votes elects their No 1 (or only) candidate.
Their vote is divided by two and the next highest elects their No 1 (or No 2 if it’s the same party).
That process is repeated dividing by 3, 4 etc until the required no of MEPs have been elected.
In N Ireland they use a version of Single Transferable vote, where you can vote for more than one candidate. That is a fantastically complicated system which involves multiple recounts.

[anotheoldgit]

danyk13

This from your wikipedia link:

/// Ideologically on the extreme-right or far-right of British politics, the EDL is part of the international counter-jihad movement. Officially, it presents itself as being opposed to Islamism, Islamic extremism, and jihadism, ///

Surely one can't argue against that?

[ichkeria]

The division is by the number of returned candidates for that party plus one.
What happens if say an independent or 2-member list gets almost all the votes?
No idea ;-)

[mushroom25]

//Surely one can't argue against that? //

the same Wikipedia that would have you believe Winston Churchill is alive and well and living in sprightly retirement in the village where they used to film "Last of the Summer Wine"?

[grumpy01]

If Mr and Mrs Churchill of Holmfirth named their son Winston (Born 1940's) then he may well be alive and living there.

[naomi24]

I've just been to vote. This is a rural area - always Conservative - and overwhelmingly 'Leave' in the referendum. I have never seen a polling station so busy!! People are turning out in droves! How are other polling stations?

[retrocop]

naomi
Just toddled round the corner to vote and was amazed. I saw one elderly couple in there and just me.It's a beautiful day here and surely not all the residents of the London Borough of Sutton are at work.Quite a large proportion of elderly pensioners in the ward I live in. As I walked back I was hoping that was not representative of other Polling stations. I live in a strong Lib/Dem area as well.

[naomi24]

Retrocop, how did your area vote in the referendum?

[dannyk13]

AOG, The opening sentence of the link:-
The English Defence League (EDL) is a far-right, Islamophobic organisation in the United Kingdom

[Cloverjo]

Quiet here. There were two other voters when I went, and we joked with the election staff about the sudden rush.

[naomi24]

Cloverjo, how did your area vote in the referendum?

[retrocop]

naomi
I believe we were a remainer majority. :-(

[Khandro]

danny; //The English Defence League (EDL) is a far-right, Islamophobic organisation in the United Kingdom//

That highlights the problem with Wikipedia, anyone can go on and write whatever they want - and do.
If I wished, I could now go on there and write the opposite.

[retrocop]

My mistake. Actually we were a 54% Leave. :-)

[Khandro]

Two votes for The Brexit Party were sent out by post from Khandro Towers a fortnight ago