O/t Sunderland gets UKIP MEP as Tories and Lib Dems are booted out

SUNDERLAND will be represented by UKIP for the first time in history after the party picked up a North East seat in the European Election.


The anti-European party won one of the three seats up for grabs to represent the region in Brussels and Strasbourg, with Labour winning the other two.

The result meant the ousting Tory MEP Martin Callanan, who was chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament.

The Liberal Democrats lost their seat. Prior to the election, Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems all had one seat each in the North East.

Labour’s Stephen Hughes and the Lib Dems’ Fiona Hall had both decided not to stand again.

Newly-elected Labour MEP Jude Kirton-Darling said: “It is a fantastic night for Labour.

“We have knocked the leader of the Tories out of the European Parliament – an extremely corrosive politician who has upset a lot of people.”

Her new colleague Paul Brannen claimed it was a “major victory for Labour” as they had not just seen off Mr Callanan but “defeated the Liberal Democrats resoundingly”.

He said Labour will listen to those who felt unable to vote for them in this election and listen to their concerns.

“Ultimately, we will only be able to address those if we go on and win the General Election a year from now,” he said. “This result puts us on target to do that.”

The UKIP winning candiate Jonathan Arnott promised to create “shock waves” when he takes his seat in Parliament.

He said: “Nigel Farage promised a political earthquake. We have caused that tonight.

“It is time now to go to Brussels and to work together with any moderate, like-minded politicians and let us take the North East’s message to Brussels and let us create shockwaves there too.”

Mr Callanan was the only sitting MEP who was running for reelection in the North East.

The full results:

•Labour Party – 221,988 (28,899 from Sunderland)

•UKIP – 177,660 (20,593 from Sunderland)

•Conservatives – 107,733 (10,962 from Sunderland)

•Liberal Democrats – 36,093 (1,950 from Sunderland)

•Green Party – 31,605 (2,638 from Sunderland)

•An Independence from Europe – 13,934 (1,529 from Sunderland)

•BNP – 10,360 (1,139 from Sunderland)

•English Democrats – 9,279 (870 from Sunderland)

LAB Paul Brannen

LAB Jude Kirton-Darling

UKIP Jonathan Arnott

 

Dont build your hopes up to much. Politicians are all tarred with the same brush, whichever party they are afilliated to, look at the history of a certain Neil Kimmock, who when he lost his seat as an MP, quickly found another, only as an MEP. His promise was that he was going to clean up all the corruption and whatever.
Not only did he fail, he along with the rest of his family joined the Euro gravy train. Can someone please explain why we need over 700 MEP's sitting at meetings in Europe wasting millions of our hard earned cash, when we have sufficient in Britain already.

 

First time in over 100 years that Labour and Conservatives have been beat.

Today is a fantastic day

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27567744

 

Let's hope they make a difference and we stop paying money to countries like India and Nigeria.

 

A political thread, wonder how long this will last until it is locked....


Let me start to ball rolling


UKIP are ignorant fools who blame UKs woes on foreigners and Europe instead of the real reasons for economic problems - mainly the banking system


Right, who wants to disagree and insult me personally so the thread can begin the decent into petty insults and keyboard warrior handbags?

 

Why invite trouble? That's just daft.

You might believe that UKIP are ignorant fools, however, the country has spoken and the majority disagree with you.
I see the National Front have won in France. Far right groups have also won in Austria and Denmark.

 

Totally agree, they havnt a clue, but I don't get involved with ****e like this, so going to back away now.

 

It was a vote for a powerless parliament, nothing but a glorified opinion poll ultimately.

 

MPs in Westminster will dismiss UKIPs gains as a protest vote , ironically what the electorate has protested against is THEM.

Historically parties on the far right and far left do well in times of hardship , always have , always will.

 

We've essentially just voted for UKIP MEPs to do an awful job at representing Britain in Europe because they aren't interested, don't want to be there, and often don't even show up.

Can they get us out of the EU as MEPs? No, because that's a decision for our government in Westminster.

As a country we've elected a bunch of people to get paid incredibly well to do a really **** job. No wonder we're in dire straits economically...

 

Shouldnt get locked mate, its current affairs, be it political or not, i voted ukip in the european election and by no means am i ashamed to admit it

 

The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever becoming one.”
"Don't vote. It just encourages them.... "
— Billy Connolly

 

Turnout-34.19% and they're still like excitable children.

 

But I am sure that all of the people who voted for them would be able to give us a rundown of some of Ukip's other policies . I mean surely a party who boasts Neil Hamilton can't be all that bad

 

Yep, we've voted for people who will make it their business to grind against the system we are trying to do well in. Thing is I don't think UKIP are ready for this (spin and PR experience etc.) and their pending performance/scandals (because the media is anti UKIP and you know it won't end well) will cripple their reputation for the long term.

I used to follow politics until I became a business owner and realised that VAT, corp tax, personal income tax will always hold back my progress and I've got no time to allocate to politics anymore. I don't think I will ever vote again. Totally disillusioned.

 

Tories have shot everyone in foot except UKIP. Immigration is a high priority for the British people at the moment. I'd have already held a referendum by now to see where the public stand definitively before the general election to give the parties the chance to tweak their policies. Now we've got a one policy party going into the general election pretty much guaranteed to win seats. Labour have shot themselves in the foot by taking a referendum off the table should they come into government.

Rich posh boys with inflated self-important 'I'm always right' egos and no brains pushing a questionable party towards a seat at the table.

 

Europe seems to have turned against the EU.

 

It is very disturbing when you look at how well the far right parties such as UKIP and the French National Front have done..I can't believe that so many Brits have voted for a party ran by what can only be described as a Thatcher clone..

 

The quicker they **** up the quicker the revolution- maybe it'll be the catalyst we need for proper change - my opinion is they are a bunch of prejudiced, morally bereft ****ers (as are the majority of politicians nowadays) ...and that may just be enough to get people so riled that the streets become occupied...

 

People are sick n tired of all the money we pay the EU for what in return?
Laws are passed by the EU and normal folk have had enough. UKIP may be a bunch of idiots, but they are a bunch of idiots who are making people stand up and take notice of they way people are feeling f