Euro elections results

[policywonk]

Here's one prediction www.predict09.eu/default/en-us/state_analyses.aspx#united

Cheeringly, it reckons that the BNP won't win a seat. Here's hoping.

people do NOT know what their policies are ffs

omfg

Brons avoiding racism and talking about EU (seems fair enough in a Euro election), Nick Hitler going straight for it though.

Do you think? Up 1.8% in Wales, down 0.2% in Yorks and Humber, up 0.4 in East of England - these are pretty rubbish results given the context (hugely unpopular government, economic crisis etc).

He actually turns my stomach. Fucking vile.

Keir Hardie was Scottish, wasn't he?

Or are you talking about Scotland?

So dispite the vast majority of candidates being white men, white men are in fact the victims. Fuckingfucktwat. Is Brons an 'indiginous' name, doesn't sound very celtic to me..

Doesn't matter. It's about winning elections.

Don't forget that Labour won in 2005 by about 3% - tiny- but with a massive majority.

That was because the Tories were unpopular.

Now that Labour are unpopular this is reversing, and the Tories made massive gains in the local elections on a 'poor' share of the vote.

Blair didn't care about his pathetic vote share in 2005. He won.

Same with the Tories. They are winning elections, not stacking up votes.

Green Party is tweeting that Brons was fined £50 for calling an ethnic minority police officer 'an inferior being'

Oh absolutely, I don't deny that they are winning (and will almost certainly win the GE). Or that Labour had a very tenuous mandate in 2005.

Just saying, if I were them I'd be wanting big swings. I mean, they need big swings for the GE.

North West figures now: Con 143,318, Lab 120,823, UKIP 86,470, Lib 74,761, Green 46,866, BNP 46,809

Scotland not declaring till Monday, as the Western Isles won't count on a Sunday. However, Labour's done really badly, and SNP have performed excellently across Scotland. Unfortunately due to voting system and the fact that 1 seat has been cut, there's really no difference in the outcome in seats - SNP 2, Lab 2, Tories 1, LD 1.

Ooh ooh ooh, Wainwright is saying he's overheard BNP workers saying Greens have beaten them to it

Cross everything...

For those in Leeds there is a Unite against Fascism demo outside the art gallery next saturday (13th june) to demonstrate against the BNP 12pm.

where are you geting the NW figures from wonk?

It's obviously tight as a gnat's chuff. Wonder whether whoever loses out will want a recount?

SG - from Martin Wainwright (Grauniad journo who's tweeting from the count). Dunno where he's getting it from...

Crossing everything here too...

Also feeling strangely relieved that my lovely parents 'only' voted UKIP

i'd have been there kate but i'm on my way to bloody cornwall on holiday