European parliamentary elections 2019: Brexit party leads early UK results – live

By artappraiser on Sun, 05/26/2019 - 6:02pm |

Latest election results from across EU member states, including the UK which is taking part after Brexit negotiations stalled

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/may/26/european-elections-2019-results-eu-election-parliament-brexit-party-farage-tories-may-live

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Emily Thornberry is slaying Labour’s Brexit position right now:

“Jeremy is a democrat, I’m sure he will listen to the membership."#EuropeanElectionResults
— Sebastian Payne (@SebastianEPayne) May 26, 2019

Emily Thornberry doubling down on criticism of Corbyn. This could get nasty
— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) May 26, 2019

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/26/2019 - 6:03pm

16m ago23:05 Turnout: highest voter participation in 20 years

Turnout across all 28 member states, including the UK, has risen to 50.5%, the European parliament has announced.

This is 8 percentage points higher than in 2014.

The 2019 turnout is the highest of the last 20 years and the first significant increase in turnout since elections began in 1979.

The parliament’s chief spokesman, Jaume Duch Guillot, said: The European citizens realised that the European Union is part of their everyday reality and future. This time they voted.

4m ago23:15 England: Lib Dems win London, Tories lose both their seats [....]

8m ago23:12 England: Anti-Brexit parties make gains in East of England [....]

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/26/2019 - 6:11pm

"Mutable Joe" gets atypically serious

we need a new PM to ask the EU to simply remove the backstop https://t.co/O4ZyVLwQ6l
— joe (@mutablejoe) May 26, 2019

the backstop? simply remove it imo
— joe (@mutablejoe) May 26, 2019

1. go the the EU
2. ask them to remove the backstop
3. put this all behind us
— joe (@mutablejoe) May 26, 2019

Here's a splainer @ NYTimes.com: What Is the Irish Backstop, and Why Is It Holding Up Brexit?

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/26/2019 - 6:18pm

they just added two more VERY interesting sub headlines

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/26/2019 - 6:21pm

and they've added this headline: Labour and Tories suffer heavy losses as Brexit party and Lib Dems surge

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/26/2019 - 6:24pm

Candace Owens does Bannonite spin:

EU election results as of right now:

Nigel Farage leading in England
Marine Le Pen leading in France
Salvini leading in Italy

A global mass awakening is happening and there is nothing that the global elites or their media henchmen can do to stop it. #BREXIT #MAGA
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) May 26, 2019

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/26/2019 - 11:16pm

and Nigel doing the same:

Never before in British politics has a party just 6 weeks old won a national election.

If Britain does not leave the EU on October 31st, these results will be repeated at a general election.

History has been made. This is just the beginning.pic.twitter.com/J7xqwdwZin
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) May 26, 2019

BUT WAIT the other side in UK says they won too :

"This is a really strong night for remain."

Green Party co-leader @CarolineLucas says the results from #EP2019 show there "is no mandate for a hard Brexit".

Here's the latest from the election: https://t.co/2z0AAQr80l pic.twitter.com/afkpmPU20C
— Sky News Politics (@SkyNewsPolitics) May 26, 2019

Formal declaration to come, but clear now that @theSNP has won the Euro election emphatically - we are on course to take 3 out of 6 seats. A historic victory. And Scotland has rejected Brexit again.
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) May 26, 2019

A clear, honest, unambiguous message has won @libdems our best ever European election result. We have shown ourselves as the strongest Remain force in British politics. Thank you to everyone who put their faith in us. We will stand up for you and keep campaigning to #StopBrexit.
— Vince Cable (@vincecable) May 27, 2019

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/26/2019 - 11:24pm

The Guardian summary report and headline of the print edition today:

EU elections: Tories and Labour savaged as voters take Brexit revenge

Brexit party humiliates Conservatives while remain voters desert Labour for Lib Dems

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/26/2019 - 11:28pm

Politico.eu: Populist tide rises but fails to flood EU

Euroskeptics won’t be taking over Brussels any time soon.

By Matthew Karnitschnig, Updated 5/27/19, 3:45 AM CE

BERLIN — Phew. Turns out the bark of Europe’s far right is worse than its bite.

Yes, illiberal parties did well in France and Italy, Poland, Hungary and beyond. But overall no better than expected, and in some cases worse so.

Bottom line: The populists’ finish wasn’t that much stronger than in 2014.

That’s good news for Europe’s democratic parties and even better news for the European Union. The strategy of Europe’s centrists, from Merkel to Macron, to cast the election as a question of “Europe’s destiny” helped drive voters to polling stations.

Throughout the campaign, pro-EU parties warned that the scourge of Euroskeptic populism, in the guise of France’s National Rally, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), Italy’s League and many others, threatened to undo decades of European integration. Europeans heeded those calls and turned out to vote in large numbers, with voter participation across Europe at about 51 percent, compared to 43 percent in 2014. The strong participation helped temper the results for the Euroskeptics, who tend to benefit from low turnout because they're good at getting their own voters to cast a ballot [....]

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/26/2019 - 11:51pm

Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz ousted in no-confidence vote

Motion, backed by Social Democrat and far-right Freedom party MPs, follows sting scandal

By Philip Oltermann in Berlin @ TheGuardian.com

Austria’s chancellor has been ousted in a no-confidence vote just a day after his centre-right party enjoyed a triumphant night in the European elections, after opposition politicians lost faith in his handling of a corruption scandal that has engulfed his former far-right coalition partner.

Austria will be governed by a technocratic administration of experts and senior civil servants until fresh elections scheduled for early September.

During a debate in which the delegates of the far-right Freedom party (FPÖ) resolutely refused to lend Sebastian Kurz the customary applause, rightwing populist politicians accused the centre-right chancellor of trying to use the so-called Ibiza scandal to consolidate his power at the top of government.

Opposition delegates said that Kurz the leader of the Austrian People’s party (ÖVP), had not shown enough willingness to enter into a dialogue with parliament during his time as chancellor. “You only showed contempt for parliament and Austrian democracy”, said the SPÖ’s Jörg Leichtfried.

The vote makes Austria’s youthful chancellor the final figure to be swept away by a political avalanche unleashed by the Ibiza scandal.[....]

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/27/2019 - 4:35pm

The European elections in the UK have unequivocally demonstrated that there is still a strong desire to leave the EU. And a slightly stronger desire to remain in the EU.
— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@MooseAllain) May 27, 2019

good, well that's solved nothing
— joe (@mutablejoe) May 26, 2019

52:48, the devil's ratio https://t.co/NHH51XtVK7
— joe (@mutablejoe) May 27, 2019

the public have spoken and they have said Whatever You Do We Hate You
— joe (@mutablejoe) May 27, 2019

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/27/2019 - 5:01pm

Close to a 50/50 division. That's been clear for years. Why would anyone think this election would give a different result. And tmac wants us to believe that the reason the division exists is because both liberal and the conservative media have created it by propaganda and fake news so they can keep everyone fighting to make more money for the corporations.

by ocean-kat on Mon, 05/27/2019 - 5:15pm

Corbynistas turn on one another over EU election meltdown https://t.co/Z9mQe6YLdN
— Steerpike (@MrSteerpike) May 27, 2019

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/27/2019 - 5:21pm

Nate Silver:

https://t.co/MeCh9NwAp9
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) May 30, 2019

by artappraiser on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 11:13pm

European parliamentary elections 2019: Brexit party leads early UK results – live

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