Turnout for european parliament elections

This will be done, Ms Womack said, by building 100,000 energy efficient homes each year, by "revolutionising" transport infrastructure, a roll-out of renewable energy and creating "hundreds of thousands" of "low carbon jobs" - including, for example, workers installing insulation in homes. … [Read more...] about General election 2019: Greens call for £100bn a year for climate action

Downing Street is moving to neutralise the expected line of attack by saying that Cameron is considering whether to include in the Tory manifesto for the 2015 general election a pledge to rule out a coalition. A friend of the prime minister told the Daily Telegraph columnist Benedict Brogan: "He's very clear: he doesn't want another coalition." … [Read more...] about David Cameron may rule out forming coalition after general election

Believing that we should be able to throw out of office the people who make the rules, and knowing from my membership of the European scrutiny committee in the House of Commons that we couldn’t, I exercised my own vote in favour of leave. I hated the campaign that leave ran. I disliked most of the people who ran it. What they said was divisive, xenophobic and untrue. But I persuaded myself that the sovereignty of the parliament in which I sat was more important than the tactics of a bunch of people I declined to have anything to do with. And then we got the result that we did. … [Read more...] about We voted for Brexit to keep parliament sovereign – we won’t be gagged

The big surprise in Sunday's election was the 9.9% share of the vote apparently won by a new liberal grouping, Palikot's Movement, formed by a renegade from Tusk's party. Janusz Palikot, its wealthy founder, made his money selling vodka before becoming a Civic Platform MP. His attacks on the powerful Roman Catholic Church and championing of causes such as gay rights, legalisation of soft drugs, and liberalisation of Poland's strict abortion laws, struck a chord among young voters. … [Read more...] about Poland re-elects PM Donald Tusk

Their irreverent campaign captured the imagination of young voters as the party expanded its platform from an original focus on filesharing, censorship and data protection, to include social issues and citizens' rights. The party, which was founded in 2006, was "in tune with the Berlin vibe with their relaxed campaign", Holger Liljeberg of the Info polling institute, told Reuters. "They focus a lot on liberalism, freedom and self-determination." … [Read more...] about Pirate party snatches seats in Berlin state election