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Post by rubl on May 23, 2019 11:51:03 GMT 7
^^^ Isn't that wonderful. The EU members can't even agree on a single date for an election. What a shambles that organisation is. And the long delay before counting starts gives plenty of time for the unscrupulous to manipulate the tally. If the 'Brussels Dictatorship' via the European Parliament decided on enforcing a single day you would also complain I'd say.  |
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Post by AyG on May 23, 2019 12:31:17 GMT 7
^^^ Isn't that wonderful. The EU members can't even agree on a single date for an election. What a shambles that organisation is. And the long delay before counting starts gives plenty of time for the unscrupulous to manipulate the tally. If the 'Brussels Dictatorship' via the European Parliament decided on enforcing a single day you would also complain I'd say. Still, doesn't bode well for the "ever closer union". |
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Post by rubl on May 23, 2019 22:14:25 GMT 7
No results till Sunday 21:00 or so, but already some data from the Netherlands, %% voters in major cities
17:00 local time, voting stations close 21:00
Amersfoort: 25,2 procent
Den Haag: 23,1 procent
Eindhoven: 21,8 procent
Groningen: 26,7 procent
Purmerend: 20,4 procent
Rotterdam: 19,8 procent
Utrecht: 26,0 procent
Not really impressive, also interesting that this is about the same %% as last time, in 2014.
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Post by rubl on May 24, 2019 11:14:31 GMT 7
Well, it would seem lots of people in the Netherlands voted AFTER work. Just read that 41.2% of voters actually voted. That's the highest level since 1989!
No official results till Sunday evening, but exit polls indicate that Thierry Baudet's new really right party Forum for Democracy got 11% of votes and Geert Wilder's PVV lost 9.2%. PvdA (like Labour, but less leftish) doubled vote to 18.1%, VVD (like Tories, but less rightish) increased a bit to 15%. As such there wasn't a surge of populism in the Netherlands.
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Post by rott on May 27, 2019 13:16:00 GMT 7
Wot no serious analysis of the results and no post-election debate?
Everybody p**sed last night or had no sleep watching the live results?
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Post by rubl on May 27, 2019 14:10:31 GMT 7
'serious' analysis? Surely you can't be serious old chap. This is the BigMango, remember?  PS rumour has it Nigel F. is desperately looking for 21 good people in his Brexit Party Ltd. who are willing to join him, leave Britain and live in Brussels for five months. All expenses paid for of course. |
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Post by rott on May 27, 2019 15:27:44 GMT 7
Is that it then?
So all these astute, politically aware, ethnically and sexually diverse folk on here who share their deepest and innermost thoughts with the rest of us are silenced by these modestly important events?
Or perhaps they've all firked off with the other one. Well if it was anything I said I hope I say it again soon.
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Post by rubl on May 27, 2019 18:02:07 GMT 7
Is that it then? So all these astute, politically aware, ethnically and sexually diverse folk on here who share their deepest and innermost thoughts with the rest of us are silenced by these modestly important events? Or perhaps they've all firked off with the other one. Well if it was anything I said I hope I say it again soon. Tjeez Rott, You haven't said it yet and I already feel annoyed. Tell me, what's your secret for this? |
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Post by Mosha on May 27, 2019 20:20:12 GMT 7
Wake me up when the plebs vote for the EC.
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