Elections!

[Agelastus]

Well they don't matter. They've got no seats. I'd guess one could be NotoEU which did a little better in London than the rest of the country last time because they had Bob Crow as a candidate.

Interesting that UKIP and the Tories are on 30% in Scotland.

A chunk of the others would have been BNP, who have collapsed everythere, which would fit those figures; perhaps because those racists voted UKIP.

I'm wondering what this decline of "others" means for the Green vote in London.

It's a given, a chunk of them left for Brighton over recent years. 

[mongers]

In London they're thinking of giving up, go home and let Tower hamlets carry one. Maybe announce something on Tuesday? 

[Agelastus]

In London they're thinking of giving up, go home and let Tower hamlets carry one. Maybe announce something on Tuesday? 

Hardly a good advert for Britain, that our capital can't complete an electoral count on time.

[Sheilbh]

Interesting that overall every mainstream group within the European Parliament lost seats

Edit: Also, the Renzi effect in Italy:



Now he needs to break every fiscal pact going to get Italy growing and dare the ECB to kick Italy out of the Euro

Or, he'll Hollande

[mongers]

Interesting that overall every mainstream group within the European Parliament lost seats

Indeed, though the Jeremy Vine performance has robbed me of the will to live, so of to be me thinks.   

[Sheilbh]

Also the Belgians had a general election. As usual no-one outside Belgium understands or cares what this means:


Edit: Also France by region:

[mongers]

Tower Hamlets are now very optimistic.   

[Sheilbh]

Dimbleby's now sharing Victorian anecdotes as one council seat in Tower Hamlets goes for another recount. It's about to start it's third recount after 75 hours and 45 minutes of counting

The returning officer is knitting scarves for 'wool against nuclear weapons'

Edit: Apology, it's the chair of the London Greens who's knitting. Because of course.

[mongers]

Dimbleby's now sharing Victorian anecdotes as one council seat in Tower Hamlets goes for another recount. It's about to start it's third recount after 75 hours and 45 minutes of counting

The returning officer is knitting scarves for 'wool against nuclear weapons'

Edit: Apology, it's the chair of the London Greens who's knitting. Because of course.

Wool's a tough natural fibre, isn't it?

[Valmy]

Edit: Also France by region:

Holy shit.  I hope this is normal bizarre Euro Parliament voting.

[Admiral Yi]

Now he needs to break every fiscal pact going to get Italy growing and dare the ECB to kick Italy out of the Euro

[Ed Anger]

Huh, the French are pissed off. Jives with my observations over there the last two years.

Not shocking.

[Sheilbh]

The agents have been called in for the London vote.

Correspondent: 'So what can happen now?'

Dimbleby: 'Well, anything. The agents can challenge the vote.'

Correspondent: 'Oh God yes, I suppose they can.' 

[Sheilbh]

Inclined to agree with Art Goldhammer, 'Summing up EU elections: No one in Europe is happy with the status quo except the Germans, who are the only people capable of changing it.'

Looks like Labour got almost 40% of the vote in London

And UKIP still won 17% of the vote. Lib Dems last and lose their other MEP. So they've only got 1 MEP (from 11)

Edit: So now we've just got to wait for Scotland which will come in tomorrow - the Western Isles refuse to count votes on the Sabbath. Everything's counted but the Western Isles, so we know the result as there's too few votes there to matter.

I don't know why Northern Ireland's not reported

[Ed Anger]

The Irish are drunk.