Who should I vote for. Redux.

[Barrister]

What's UKIP?

UK Independence Party, an extreme anti-EU party.

[Habbaku]

What's UKIP?

United Kingdom Independence Party.  They want out of the EU.

[Sheilbh]

What's UKIP?

United Kingdom Independence Party.  They want to leave the EU entirely.

Here's the votes for England and Wales:

Conservative     4,012,600     28.6% (+1.2%)
UK Independence Party    2,440,438    17.4% (+0.5%)
Labour    2,151,907    15.3% (-7.0%)
Liberal Democrats    1,953,575    13.9% (-1.1%)
Green Party    1,223,303    8.7% (+2.5%)
British National Party    916,424    6.5% (+1.45%)

Scotland will announce tomorrow after the Western Isles count and Northern Ireland will start counting tomorrow.  In Scotland Labour is, apparently, about 10% behind the SNP.

[Fireblade]

This is GREAT NEWS!!! FOR DAVID CAMERON!!!!!

[Sheilbh]

Oh and Nick Griffin is now likely to be the leader of the neo-fascist group in the European Parliament.  So the face of European fascism will be British

[Barrister]

Why the hell would UKIP do that well?  Can I assume its a pure protest vote?

[Sheilbh]

Why the hell would UKIP do that well?  Can I assume its a pure protest vote?

Not really.  EU elections have a very low turrnout and generally in this election the Tories are more likely to vote and UKIP voters are similarly quite motivated.  But there's an element of protest votes too, especially given the expenses scandal.

But about a third of the UK want to leave the EU according to the polls.

All the other parties are leaving the hall while Griffin's giving a speech.

[Admiral Yi]

Won't someone please tell me what UKIP is?

[jimmy olsen]

Oh and Nick Griffin is now likely to be the leader of the neo-fascist group in the European Parliament.  So the face of European fascism will be British

Ick, a sad day, especially coming so soon after the D-Day anniversary.

[Palisadoes]

Won't someone please tell me what UKIP is?

Your Mum!

Seriously... three people have already told you on the top of this page!

Anyway, the Conservatives and UKIP were the big winners, Labour the big losers (hooray on all accounts!), and the BNP even managed to get a couple of seats in the north.

Apparently the Greens would've got more seats if the whole of the UK was treated as one region since their vote count was higher percentage wise than any other party, or something? I don't really care about them though.

[derspiess]

Won't someone please tell me what UKIP is?

[Zanza]

My region had communal elections yesterday too and my city is now ruled by the Greens who got more votes than either Conservatives or Social Democrats. 

[Fireblade]

My region had communal elections yesterday too and my city is now ruled by the Greens who got more votes than either Conservatives or Social Democrats. 

I wish Arkansas would follow Germany's example and exterminate the Jews vote in Greens

[Martinus]

What's UKIP?

United Kingdom Independence Party.  They want to leave the EU entirely.

Here's the votes for England and Wales:

Conservative     4,012,600     28.6% (+1.2%)
UK Independence Party    2,440,438    17.4% (+0.5%)
Labour    2,151,907    15.3% (-7.0%)
Liberal Democrats    1,953,575    13.9% (-1.1%)
Green Party    1,223,303    8.7% (+2.5%)
British National Party    916,424    6.5% (+1.45%)

Scotland will announce tomorrow after the Western Isles count and Northern Ireland will start counting tomorrow.  In Scotland Labour is, apparently, about 10% behind the SNP.

Wow that's horrible (I'm talking of UKIP and BNP result).

[Martinus]

Won't someone please tell me what UKIP is?

Not unless you finally tell us where your nickname here comes from.