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The Ugly Party did quite well. As my friend said, "In Belgium you get a fine if you don't vote. In Finland you'll get Timo Soini."

Soini, by the way, has said out loud that he probably won't even go to the European Parliament, but plans to send a substitute instead. Pfffft.

You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. --More--

by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Sun Jun 7th, 2009 at 03:03:31 PM EST
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Soini, kerpele!

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Jun 7th, 2009 at 03:15:09 PM EST
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And "my" party (The Left Wing Alliance) lost again. I don't know how many elections in a row they have now lost; I've lost count a while ago. The Greens say they aim to take votes from the right wing parties and the Social Democrats but it seems that they end up taking the Left votes instead...

(And also, in previous European elections the Left Wing Alliance had an Eurocritic as a strong candidate. This time he was not there anymore so the critical votes went to Soini's Ugly Party instead. The Left campaign this time was about "your conscience and Europe", not so much about "who needs the EU anyway", and it seems that it did not really attract voters. Which is a shame.)

You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. --More--

by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Sun Jun 7th, 2009 at 07:46:08 PM EST
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