Ok, let's get a few things straight.
The Brexit Party "won" the European elections. That's clear. They got the most votes. But it wasn't FPTP. So what they actually "won" is 29 MEPs, a fair return for all the votes they garnered. Hats off, Nigel. Truly.
The Brexit Party "won" the European elections. That's clear. They got the most votes. But it wasn't FPTP. So what they actually "won" is 29 MEPs, a fair return for all the votes they garnered. Hats off, Nigel. Truly.
But they didn't win a mandate for Brexit, and certainly not for Hard Brexit. The LD+Greens alone got more votes than the BP, and then there's Change UK too. So to take a result where you got 31.6% of the vote and claim 100% of the mandate is for the birds. That's FPTP thinking.
So all credit where it's due. BP managed to get more votes than any other party in the 2019 European elections. A great result for them.
But it doesn't magically mean Brexit's a better idea, or there's more support for it. Hard Brexit parties together polled way behind Remain.
But it doesn't magically mean Brexit's a better idea, or there's more support for it. Hard Brexit parties together polled way behind Remain.
And that's a great result for the forces of Remain. Everyone was a winner last night (for different reasons) apart from the Tories and Labour.
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