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muriel_volestrangler

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30. The scary thing is Tories and UKIP got 63% of the South East vote between them
Mon May 26, 2014, 06:58 AM
May 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/eu-regions/E15000008

(and the Independence from Europe/English Democrats/BNP lot got another 3% between them).

Even in Eastleigh, where the borough results were (of the 'big 5'):
Lib Dem 44%
UKIP 26%
Con 21%
Lab 10%
Green 0 (none stood)
the Euro results were:
UKIP 37%
Con 25%
Lib Dem 21%
Lab 10%
Green 7%
In Germany, too. DetlefK Apr 2014 #1
Hello DetlefK! T_i_B May 2014 #4
Euro-election in the South East constituency has the usual long list of parties... LeftishBrit Apr 2014 #2
Anyone who has any remaining doubts about UKIP's racism ... non sociopath skin Apr 2014 #3
There are UKIP adverts on this very website... T_i_B May 2014 #5
Likely outcomes under the D'Hondt method muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #6
Ah, tactical voting... T_i_B May 2014 #7
Well said! non sociopath skin May 2014 #8
Agree with you both LeftishBrit May 2014 #9
Indeed. T_i_B May 2014 #14
I'm voting Labour this time... LeftishBrit May 2014 #10
North East England: Labour 2, UKIP 1 muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #27
Got a strange flyer today: Laurence Stassen, a Dutch woman who wants to take UK out of Europe muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #11
Got the same one. Most bizarre. LeftishBrit May 2014 #12
Yeah; she seemed to vaguely fit with UKIP because she had been EU Chief Accountant muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #13
Vote Match for the EU muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #15
My results came out with the Lib Dems! T_i_B May 2014 #16
I got exactly equal agreement for Labour and the Greens (about two thirds) LeftishBrit May 2014 #17
It's very hard to be wrong all the time muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #20
I had Greens, Labour then the Lib Dems Anarcho-Socialist May 2014 #18
I voted Green in my postal ballot for European Parliament Anarcho-Socialist May 2014 #19
Polling day tomorrow T_i_B May 2014 #21
2 or 3 leaflets from Lib Dems, Tories and UKIP muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #22
I've had a few leaflets from the LibDems, both about the local elections and the Euro-ones LeftishBrit May 2014 #23
The Tory message seemed rather contradictory... T_i_B May 2014 #24
YouGov's projection from their final poll - Greens to overtake Lib Dems: muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #25
Looks like UKIP have done very well in the local elections T_i_B May 2014 #26
With results from Scotland and Northern Ireland to come... T_i_B May 2014 #28
The South East now have...(don't look if you have a weak stomach) LeftishBrit May 2014 #29
The scary thing is Tories and UKIP got 63% of the South East vote between them muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #30
Whatever the media may say about "uniform swings," the North-South divide has never looked greater . non sociopath skin May 2014 #31
In East Midlands we ended up with.... T_i_B Jun 2014 #32
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