Comments on: EP elections – thoughts on the first results http://www.jonworth.eu/ep-elections-thoughts-on-the-first-results/ At the intersection of the EU, UK politics and tech Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Martin Keegan http://www.jonworth.eu/ep-elections-thoughts-on-the-first-results/comment-page-1/#comment-136540 Martin Keegan Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:10:58 +0000 http://www.jonworth.eu/?p=2435#comment-136540 @Richard Laming How long till the EU have 26 and a half members? About five months, it turns out. @Richard Laming How long till the EU have 26 and a half members? About five months, it turns out.

]]> By: Martin Keegan http://www.jonworth.eu/ep-elections-thoughts-on-the-first-results/comment-page-1/#comment-123646 Martin Keegan Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:47:59 +0000 http://www.jonworth.eu/?p=2435#comment-123646 It'd be nice to have a rough guide to what all these new "far right" parties are like. I'm sure you're right that Hungary's Jobbik (which would be illegal in the UK, well, except in Northern Ireland!) are the worst, but is there a league table or set of questions one can use to discriminate between them? The BNP are obviously beyond the pale, as are Jobbik and that Greater Romania crowd. But what about Vlaams Belang, Wilders' lot, the Danish People's Party, Lega Nord, True FInns and the various socially ultraconservative Polish parties? Is any of these as bad as Front National or the BNP? It’d be nice to have a rough guide to what all these new “far right” parties are like. I’m sure you’re right that Hungary’s Jobbik (which would be illegal in the UK, well, except in Northern Ireland!) are the worst, but is there a league table or set of questions one can use to discriminate between them?

The BNP are obviously beyond the pale, as are Jobbik and that Greater Romania crowd.

But what about Vlaams Belang, Wilders’ lot, the Danish People’s Party, Lega Nord, True FInns and the various socially ultraconservative Polish parties? Is any of these as bad as Front National or the BNP?

]]> By: Richard Laming http://www.jonworth.eu/ep-elections-thoughts-on-the-first-results/comment-page-1/#comment-123643 Richard Laming Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:49:56 +0000 http://www.jonworth.eu/?p=2435#comment-123643 The big news, from a British perspective, is that this is the first time in 50 years that a national poll (general election, European election or referendum) has produced a majority against EU membership. Very worrying. How long before we say that the EU has 26 and a half members? The big news, from a British perspective, is that this is the first time in 50 years that a national poll (general election, European election or referendum) has produced a majority against EU membership. Very worrying. How long before we say that the EU has 26 and a half members?

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