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(33 Posts)
varian Wed 10-Apr-19 11:51:26

I echo that Dinahmo and should like to make a plea that as many possible should vote for the Liberal Democrats - the party of Remain.

If you don't think the LibDems will win a seat, chose either the Greens, TIGs, SNP or PC, but remember that this is an election using PR so if you are in a region with 5 MEPs a party with >20% of the vote should get in.

For Remainers, I do not think there is any point art all in voting for the Labour Party or the Conservative Party as any vote for either of these parties at the 2017 GE was interpreted as a vote for brexit.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 10-Apr-19 11:46:33

Farage has called for the EU elections to be boycotted. That should sort out the kippers ????.

Dinahmo Wed 10-Apr-19 11:41:44

I should like to make a plea for people to vote in the EU elections so that the number of UKIP MEPs can be reduced.
IMO Farage and his ilk have behaved appallingly in the EU Parliament and if he was to be re-elected it would support the opinion of the rest of the world that we are no longer the country that they once looked up to.

Many people believe that EU laws are imposed upon us but this is not true since we have had an equal share in making decisions. There are rules and regs in place in almost every club or society that we belong to. We may not like them all and we may try to change them but we do it in a civilized fashion.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 10-Apr-19 10:58:03

This doesn’t bode well for the elections of any sort for the Tories.
Apparently it’s all Blair’s fault for educating the young!
www.independent.co.uk/voices/tory-party-theresa-may-vote-election-mark-francois-young-people-conservative-a8862336.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1554875539

maryeliza54 Wed 10-Apr-19 10:27:01

Good job we’re here for the childcare

Jane10 Wed 10-Apr-19 10:22:08

Oh God!

HildaW Wed 10-Apr-19 10:12:42

Seems so...an e-mail has just gone around the village reminding everyone the village hall is booked for it? Seems like the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing....what a waste of money!

Whitewavemark2 Wed 10-Apr-19 09:25:28

So it is possible that we will be taking part in the EU elections. A link posted below list our current MEPs and access to various information about them.
www.mepranking.eu/state.php?st=GB&order=name#meps