EU elections: Major losses expected for mainstream parties – follow the results live https://t.co/v4wgk88mFv
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) May 26, 2019
The Guardian front page, Monday 27 May 2019: Tories and Labour savaged as voters take revenge over Brexit pic.twitter.com/FIJk0BI5ol
— The Guardian (@guardian) May 27, 2019
UK: 99% counted.
Remain parties: 40.4%
Hard Brexit parties: 34.9%
Conservatives/Labour: 23.2%#EP2019 #Brexit #EuropeanElections2019 #EUelections2019 pic.twitter.com/D9CgBtYmNd— Europe Elects (@EuropeElects) May 27, 2019
So if this projection is right it’s Leave -10/Remain +10 if you count Labour as Remain, or Leave -20/Remain +20 if you count Labour as Leave. https://t.co/sXgSKA23Or
— Tom Hamilton (@thhamilton) May 27, 2019
Confirmed: The Brexit Party is the biggest party in the European Parliament. Bigger even than the German CDU.
— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) May 27, 2019
Labour and the Conservatives are projected to get just 23% of votes *between them* (14% and 9% respectively).
That is an absolutely astonishing collapse. Not directly comparable, but at the 2017 general election they polled *82%* between them.
— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) May 26, 2019
The real will of the people. https://t.co/Ii9DhfdDUa
— John Rain CBE (@MrKenShabby) May 26, 2019
I’m heading to bed. At this stage, #EuropeanElectionResults suggest that Britain is nigh ungovernable. Voters are trapped in Remain/Leave silos. Neither side has anything like a clear majority. If these results were reflected in a general election, it'd be a hung parliament.
— Sebastian Payne (@SebastianEPayne) May 26, 2019
Interesting (and probably to be under-covered) aspect of the election. https://t.co/7a6H0wYxvf
— Alan Beattie (@alanbeattie) May 26, 2019
Jeremy Corbyn says Labour will have to “reflect” on result of EU elections and that Brexit will "will have to go back to the people, whether through a general election or a public vote" pic.twitter.com/liYcRi3GHr
— Jon Stone (@joncstone) May 26, 2019
Jeremy Corbyn blaming the leaders’ office for Labour’s dire Euro election result is a bit like burning the toast and then blaming the toaster pic.twitter.com/eOP38Uo14Z
— Matthew Garrahan (@MattGarrahan) May 26, 2019
Formal declaration to come, but clear now that @theSNP has won the Euro election emphatically – we are on course to take 3 out of 6 seats. A historic victory. And Scotland has rejected Brexit again. 🏴🇪🇺🏴
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) May 26, 2019
‘Tommy Robinson’, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, received 38,908 votes in the North West – less than 2% of all those who voted there. https://t.co/uup3ekrNTi
— Jess Brammar (@jessbrammar) May 26, 2019
Oh yes: the Brexit Party MEPs may not be the least popular new arrivals to Brussels. https://t.co/nfzVOloCfZ
— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) May 27, 2019
ELSEWHERE IN THE EU…
Far-right seen winning French vote in EU elections, Macron close behind https://t.co/GMzbp0pBNl pic.twitter.com/5ktQUuXgKL
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) May 26, 2019
German results show little evidence of polarisation: left wing populists down by 2, right wing populists up by 3, less than expected (considering last EU elections before refugee crisis). All in all, centre holds. Big story of the night is rise of the Greens. #EUelections2019 pic.twitter.com/V0FD7NAN43
— Peter R. Neumann (@PeterRNeumann) May 26, 2019
Environmentalist parties have seen record gains in the EU elections as the conservative EPP and centre left Social democrats seem likely to lose ground, setting the stage for the Greens to end up as kingmaker in the European Parliamenthttps://t.co/JsYDZACdgl pic.twitter.com/NB4NAQLCje
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 26, 2019
Highlights: Europe votes for EU parliament https://t.co/A4QSywdy9K pic.twitter.com/6cMoIgwLNH
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) May 27, 2019
Preliminary results show the highest voter turnout in EU elections in 20 years. Follow live updates: https://t.co/obdCEaG4iw
— CNN International (@cnni) May 26, 2019
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TRUMPWORLD
Trump implies he trusts North Korea’s Kim more than his own people. https://t.co/DxPwWTfplU
— Slate (@Slate) May 26, 2019
Forget the focus groups and the polls. Voters want one thing from Dems (and media, everyone else): Moral courage. Hardball tactics like impeachment are only way to handle a lawless bully like Trump, and the right thing to do. My new column https://t.co/Jv9hNpMGVM
— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) May 26, 2019
Fox News host Chris Wallace makes Lindsey Graham watch clips of himself in the 90s contradicting current subpoena talk https://t.co/zr7lm2vi3e pic.twitter.com/y1Vpqpz2Pn
— The Hill (@thehill) May 27, 2019
This started off in my head as a joke until I realized it's probably seriously the best shot we have at avoiding the possibility of war with Iran, now I wish he would actually do it https://t.co/L4gIXOhTD0
— Sulome Anderson (@SulomeAnderson) May 27, 2019
I'm with everyone else. The word "existential" has no business there. It's just wrong. The glamour photography is absurdly out of place. And the article itself presents obeying the law as almost a lifestyle choice. https://t.co/Si6wEM38g3
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) May 26, 2019
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WORLD
If you're a student skipping school on a climate strike, ask grandma and grandpa to come with you. It's possible, @paula_span reports, that no one ever asked them think about how they could change and improve the environment https://t.co/yVlM3Cbtjb
— Michael Roston (@michaelroston) May 27, 2019
Countries should cooperate in developing the Internet, big data and artificial intelligence, Chinese President Xi Jinping says https://t.co/gwcav9OgKb
— Bloomberg Next China (@next_china) May 26, 2019
Reports tonight #nufc has been sold for £350m to Sheikh Khaled bin Zayed Al Nehayan. We are checking it out with sources.
Latest updates on https://t.co/DfC2ladZIO
— The Chronicle (@ChronicleNUFC) May 26, 2019
Newcastle owner Mike Ashley agrees to SELL Toon to Arab sheikh for £350million https://t.co/pc4pX5A3F3 #NewcastleUnited #NUFC #Toon #EPL #Newcastle
— Justin Allen (@justinallen1976) May 26, 2019