Comments on: #EUquake? Remain areas see boost in turnout in European Elections

By: Dodgy Geezer

Dodgy Geezer — Tue, 28 May 2019 08:57:46 +0000

The interesting point for me is the the Remain side had a high turnout while the Leave side turnout dropped. So comparisons are between Remain who were really trying, against Leave who were less motivated.

There are two ways to interpret this. Either Leave are getting disheartened at the lack of Leave progress and giving up, or they saw no reason to vote. I incline towards the latter – Tory Leave friends of mine tell me that they saw not voting for their preferred party as a measured complaint.

If the above is correct, one should add 5-10% onto the Brexit vote to get a reasonable view of the Remain/Leave split, to allow for those not voting as a protest. That would bring the division back to the original Referendum split of 52% leave, 48% remain. But of course the truth is probably more complex…

By: sikra

sikra — Mon, 27 May 2019 10:05:24 +0000

You shouldn’t count abstentions as remainers … 🙂 but good try !!! Time for ignotance is hover. People are more well informed about EU Corruption and it’s lack of democracy … mote and more EU looks like Soviet Union.

By: Julia Gibb

Julia Gibb — Mon, 27 May 2019 08:24:27 +0000

Labour MPs in Leave Areas refused to consider a Peoples Vote.
The Labour leadership tried to appease Leavers and Remainers by being all thing to all people.
The choice is simple when you look at who is on the Leave side – Tories, The Brexit Party, The DUP and UKIP.
On the Remain side we have the LibDems, Greens, SNP, PC
What kind of Labour Party would align with the first group?

Labour lost 2 MEPs in Scotland. The SNP gained and the LibDems won a seat. Labour is dead and buried in Scotland and the “sit on the fence abstainers” are being rejected elsewhere in the UK.

I understand Corbyns concerns about the EU (I don’t agree but understand). However aligning with the Political Right is not the way to go.

If Farage/Johnson/Foster etc are on one side of a debate I will be on the other ever time. Bigots are not the answer under any circumstance.

By: wg

wg — Sun, 26 May 2019 09:01:02 +0000

Or, it could just be that those who voted Leave in the referendum are disgusted that they are required to vote in another EU election and are refusing to take part.

Incidentally, this is why I believe that Labour will walk into power at the next General Election – old people tended to vote Brexit, and older people are more likely to vote Conservative; and most of my older friends tell me that if the EU vote is not honoured in any recognisable way, they will never vote again.