UK votes in European and council polls

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Source: BBC

Voters across the UK are heading to the polls to cast their votes in the European Parliament elections.

The European poll will be the last UK-wide electoral test ahead of a general election expected within a year.

The European results are delayed because voting is carried out in 27 EU countries over four days. The UK and the Netherlands go to the polls on Thursday, followed by Ireland on Friday. Latvia, Cyprus, Malta and Slovakia on Saturday and Italy and the Czech Republic over the weekend. The other 18 EU countries will vote on Sunday, with the first results expected from 2100 BST.

European voters will be electing 736 MEPs - including 72 from the UK.


Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8081729.stm

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Just thought I'd post this because if nothing else, if Labour do really badly (and there is every chance of that) then they could be getting rid of Gordon Brown and finding themselves a new leader and Prime Minister.

[applejuice]

1. Yep, the school my kids go to is shut today for polling...

Deciding who to vote for is hard though. Most people I know are voting Liberal Democrat. Tony Blair et al have screwed things for Labour for the forseeable future and not many up here in Scotland will EVER vote for the Tories (although things look more favourable for them down in England).

So the Lib Dems seem to be picking up votes by default.

Oh, and scarily, so are the BNP! :( (The rascist British National Party - home of the skinhead etc.)

[CTM1978]

2. What part of Scotland are you posting from?

I was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario and my parents are from Hamilton, Scotland (yes, it does show a gross lack of imagination on their part) and I lived there for a few years from 97 to 2001. I even worked at Butlin's in Ayr during the summer of 98.

[reggie the dog]

3. How is the SNP doing?

I like what they do for universities in Scotland, as well as their preservation of Scottish NHS. (By the way I know the SNP is not at all racist like the BNP).

[Soylent Brice]

4. K&R