Nigel Farage's Brexit Party set to win most UK seats in EU vote

[RandySF]

Britain’s newly-formed Brexit Party will comfortably beat the country’s two main parties in European Parliamentary elections, exit polls and early results showed Sunday, as voters expressed their frustration over the Brexit deadlock.

The projected result comes shortly after Conservative Party leader Theresa May announced her resignation as prime minister on Friday morning.

Brexit has gripped British society for more than three years, splintering both the ruling Conservative Party and the opposition Labour party into warring factions since the country’s EU referendum in June 2016.

The U.K. participated in European Parliamentary elections on Thursday after failing to leave the EU at the end of March. The exit polls are not necessarily an accurate indication of the result. A BBC projection shortly after 10 p.m. local time put the Brexit Party ahead.

Veteran euroskeptic campaigner Nigel Farage — who is credited by some with forcing Britain’s 2016 referendum on EU membership — launched his new party in April, after claiming the country’s political leaders had betrayed the vote to leave. Farage’s former party UKIP (The U.K. Independence Party) gained the most U.K. seats at the 2014 European Parliamentary election.


https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/27/eu-elections-britains-brexit-party-set-to-win-most-uk-seats.html

[Ghost Dog]

1. Two-thirds did not vote for strongly pro-Brexit parties.

Alternative headline. Mind the spin.

[unblock]

2. But the party that gets the most votes gets to form the new government

If I understand the process correctly, this would put the brexit party in the driver's seat in forming a new government and determining who becomes the next pm.

[edhopper]

3. This is for the EU Parliment

not the British Government.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament

[unblock]

6. Ah, thanks

[Ghost Dog]

4. These are EU Parliament, not UK National elections.

All over the EU: https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2019/may/26/eu-election-results-2019-across-europe

Check out what the different EU parliamentary groups represent... 80% or so of MEPs are pro-EU though some want reforms, especially on the 'new' - left & Greens.

[asiliveandbreathe]

5. Latest from Live update at the Guardian...UK: remain parties take highest number of votes

In case you missed this or are just logging on to this live blog, it’s worth looking at this graphic below, that shows, with 99% of the vote counted in the UK, remain parties have taken 40.4% of the vote, while hard Brexit parties have taken 34.9% and the Conservatives and Labour have taken 23.2% between them.

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

farage can take a hike...

[triron]

7. This is great news imo.

[edhopper]

8. Why are Brexiters voting for the EU Parliment?

Why is Farage running if he doesn't want the UK in the EU?
Looks like they just want to crap all over the EU and then leave.