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Re: The European Elections
In all fairness, I think itââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s still very much a case that the vast majority of the English (Iââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢m going with the English because, at the moment, I donââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t know if the Scottish, Welsh, and Irish results have been announced) couldnââ‚Ã⠀šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t give a monkeys about Europe one way of the other.
I donââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t actually know what the turnout was, but I bet it was less than 50% - if the politicians canââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t get people to vote in the local / general elections (which directly affect the electorate), theyââ‚ ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ve got no chance when it comes to the European elections.
However, hopefully the †˜mainâÃà ‚¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ parties will take stock of whatââ‚ ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s happened (Tories worst result since 1832 / Labours since the 1930s), and come to the conclusion that they need to get back to doing what the public want (or at least trying to ask them in the first place).
Oh well, with a bit of luck, seeing as heââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s won a seat in Europe, we wonââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t have to see so much of Robert Kiljoy-Joke †“ although itââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s somewhat ironic that a party that wants the UK to pull back from Europe will now have 12 members sitting there.
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