The European election won't tell us anything about Britons' long-term voting intentions
are all aflutter about an election which shouldn’t really be happening: the contest for 73 seats in the European Parliament, due on May 23rd. Changea newly born pro-Remain party, has unveiled a list of candidates that includes Boris Johnson’s sister, Rachel. Nigel Farage, who has abandoned theto set up a new Brexit Party, is once again striding the political stage. The Conservatives’ poll numbers are in free-fall.
The contest is also shaping up to be a classic protest vote: a way of kicking the establishment without any real-world consequences. Brexiteers are angry that the country has still not Brexited . Remainers are angry that they are not remaining. And everyone is angry with the Tories for making such a mega-mess of everything. No candidate is saying much about what they would actually do in Strasbourg.
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