{"id":2597,"date":"2009-06-08T23:23:01","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T13:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=2597"},"modified":"2009-06-09T02:49:06","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T16:49:06","slug":"far-left-far-right-far-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=2597","title":{"rendered":"Far left, far right, far out"},"content":{"rendered":"

The British Labour Party has had its arse handed to it on a plate for the second time in a week: “Labour has suffered its worst post-war election result as it was beaten into third place by UKIP and saw the BNP gain its first seats at Brussels” (BBC, June 8, 2009<\/a>). The Working Families Party secured 2,381,760 votes<\/a> in the Euro election, or 15.7%, down 6.9%, as a result losing five seats (for a winning total of 13). Of 44,173,690 UK citizens registered to vote, only 15,136,932 bothered to show up, just over 1\/3. In Europe as a whole, in addition to the UK, the far right made significant gains in some states, while losing influence in several others (Far right make gains in ten member states<\/a>, Leigh Phillips, EUobserver, June 8, 2009), the election witnessing a record low turn-out of 43%:<\/p>\n

In total, the far right is up eight seats on the 2004 European elections.<\/p>\n

In Austria, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania and the UK, the far right made moderate to significant advances.<\/p>\n

However, the extreme right saw sharp declines in Belgium, and France, and were completely wiped out in Poland.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Presumably, the far right will now proceed to form a fascist bloc in the Parliament, following the abortion (January–November 2007) that was ‘Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty’<\/a>. To do so, the fascists require 25 members from seven countries to participate. Among those who might qualify are: Freiheitliche Partei \u00d6sterreichs, FP\u00d6<\/em> (Freedom Party of Austria) in Austria (2), \u041d\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0435\u043d \u0441\u044a\u044e\u0437 \u0410\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0430<\/em> \/ Natsionalen S\u01ceyuz Ataka<\/em> (National Union Attack) in Bulgaria (2), Front national<\/em> (National Front) in France (3), Vlaams Belang<\/em> (Flemish Interest) in Belgium (2), Jobbik<\/em> in Hungary (3), Partij voor de Vrijheid<\/em>, PVV (Party for Freedom) in the Netherlands (4), Partidul Rom\u00e2nia Mare<\/em>, PRM (Greater Romania Party) in Romania (3), the BNP in the UK (2) and…<\/p>\n

Oh.<\/p>\n

Wait.<\/p>\n

In the UK and Ireland<\/a><\/strong>, the (far) left made a few gains: in Dublin, the Socialist Party’s Joe Higgins<\/a> has been bumped into Parliament<\/a>, and er… the Socialist Labour Party<\/a> (Arfur Scargill’s mob) got a total of 173,115 votes (1.1%), while between them the 8 candidates for the Socialist Party of Great Britain grabbed 4,050 votes. (Also in Ireland, ‘People Before Profit’<\/a> got five seats in local council elections.)<\/p>\n

See also<\/em> : Results from Europe’s big six<\/a>, BBC, June 8, 2009: “Centre-right parties have triumphed over their left-wing opponents in the 2009 European Parliament elections. There were victories too for far-right and anti-immigrant parties, but the turnout was a record low of 43%. The results allow the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) to cement its position as the largest bloc in the European Parliament. Here we take a more detailed look at the results from some of the largest countries in the European Union…” | European Parliament Election Results by Country<\/a>, Der Spiegel<\/em>, June 9, 2009 | EUROPEAN ELECTION RESULTS 2009<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On a brighter note, Lord Toby Jug<\/a> of The Official Monster Raving Loony Party<\/a> beat<\/a> the Labour Party in the St Ives ward of Cambridgeshire county council: Labour came sixth behind two Conservatives, two Liberal Democrats and Lord Jug.<\/p>\n

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Sweden also voted a pirate<\/a> into Parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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