Over the last 2 days the English speaking press has given the impression that the Anti-EU right has stormed the barricades and there are on-going pitched battles at the Berlylamont HQ, reminsent of the scences from Civil War.
In a moment of dullness, I decided to do something shocking, and look at the voting results.
Now, I know when I look at the election results in terms of seats I get this:
The 3 main Political Parties, all pro-European, maintain their 1st,2nd, and 3rd place. They go down from 59% of the seats to 55% of the seats. Their 400 seats gets you over the magic number of 361.
If you want to check, this link is helpful, visit:
https://results.elections.europa.eu/en/tools/comparative-tool/
Now, I know an 18% increase in seats – 9 seats -0 for ID is satistically significant. But, if you are dull, like I am, it becomes less exciting to see that their % of the seats has increased from 7% (rounded up from 6.9%) to 8%.
If UK polling is accurate, the UK Labour Party could be getting a 130% increase in seats. Now, that is something worth writing about.