Comments on: ICM European election poll

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Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:12:08 +0000

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By: Pat Brennan

Pat Brennan — Sun, 31 May 2009 10:04:27 +0000

I live in Hackney most of the people I speak to are going to vote for the BNP.

By: Paul H-J

Paul H-J — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:22:12 +0000

Colin,

Did you get your “many” and your “few” muddled ?

The reasons that “european” issues are not getting much coverage fall under the following headings:

(1) Displaced by a domestic scandal
(2) Issues of little interest to public anyway
(3) The parliament has few powers to change anything
(4) The PR electoral system means that it makes little difference anyway

So, in summary, we will have an election based on domestic issues with voters taking the opportunity to protest with little fear of the consequences if some odd people get to join this (extremely expensive) super-Quango.

In terms of Europe, what the public really want is a referndum on the Lisbon treaty, but of course Brown has denied us that. No doubt he came under some fierce pressure from Brussels, Paris and Berlin who have no illusions as to what the outcome would be, but in any case Brown does not have the courage to agrue the point – hence he has been absolutely invisible in terms of the euro-elections.

By: Colin

Colin — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:57:25 +0000

“Why is it in this Euro election time that I have not seen much more media information articles, documentaries etc. giving us all the euro-information we might want before voting”

A very good question.

The Euro “election” is , of course, for the benefit of the politicians who participate in it, rather than the voters.

Perhaps that is why the former ( of whom there are many) make little effort to inform the latter ( of whom there are few).

It is as though this sham election , whose purpose is to return Party hacks to their Ivory Tower Talking Shops in Brussels & Strasbourg, has been accepted by our Press & Public as just another spendaholic Quango, with no relevance to anyone outside in the real world…….just another part of “the b****y system”

Does anyone know who their MEP is ?
Does anyone understand the voting system?
Does anyone care?

By: Douglas Steven Boston

Douglas Steven Boston — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:25:09 +0000

Why is it in this Euro election time that I have not seen much more media information articles, documentaries etc. giving us all the euro-information we might want before voting.
For example good versus bad points to membership, laws, taxes, any waste/scandals etc effect of euro laws and policies on us here in UK and what the various parties hope to do about such things. In other words a sort of cost/benefit analysis to inform the choice of the common voter. Pity a lot of time has been spent debating our Westminster gravy train sleaze (and I wonder how much worse it is in Brussels/ Strasbourg?)