
by M.E. Synon25 May 2014, 2:08 PM PST0

Despite the EU establishment bragging that this election to the European Parliament has 400m voters, the turnout is so low that nowhere near half that number have cast ballots. In fact, the total number of people eligible to vote is
by M.E. Synon25 May 2014, 1:43 PM PST0

Italy’s Five Star Movement, led by the raucous comedian Beppe Grillo who has denounced the EU-supporting social-democratic Prime Minister Renzi as “a little moron,” has joined the surge of eurosceptic parties across the European Union. According to @electionista, an average
by M.E. Synon25 May 2014, 1:17 PM PST0

The shooting dead of four people at the Jewish Museum in Brussels on Saturday was “the result of constant incitement against Jews and their state,” according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. “Slander and lies against the State of
by M.E. Synon25 May 2014, 12:50 PM PST0

The right-wing, anti-immigration Danish People’s Party, which sits with the UK Independence Party in the European Parliament, has overtaken both parties in the coalition government and is leading the election, according to exit polls. The eurosceptic party appears to have
by M.E. Synon25 May 2014, 12:12 PM PST0

Marine Le Pen’s right-wing anti-EU Front National looks set to take 23 to 25 of France’s 74 seats in the European Parliament. Exit polls show the centre-right UMP of former president Nicholas Sarkozy will take between 18 and 21, while
by M.E. Synon25 May 2014, 11:51 AM PST0

by Raheem Kassam25 May 2014, 11:45 AM PST0

First exit polls show that Germany’s new anti-euro party, the Alternative for Germany (AfP), is on course to win its first seats in the European Parliament, heading for 7 per cent of the vote, an increase on its showing in
by M.E. Synon25 May 2014, 11:33 AM PST0

Thomas Piketty – house economist of the Occupy movement – has been rumbled. Ever since the publication earlier this year of his doorstopper treatise Capital in the Twenty-First Century – the French economist has been adulated as the poster boy
by James Delingpole25 May 2014, 11:23 AM PST0

The BBC has dug up a video of Nigel Farage and an early UKIP rally from 1997. Seventeen years ago, UKIP leader Nigel Farage was 33 years old, and UKIP itself was just 4 years old. And sure, the colour
by Raheem Kassam25 May 2014, 10:12 AM PST0

The Conservative party was braced for a difficult Sunday night amid expectations it will lose to the UK Independence party in the European elections. On Friday there was discomfort for Labour leader Ed Miliband, after Ukip took about one in five votes
by Breitbart London25 May 2014, 9:57 AM PST0

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has vowed to destroy Britain’s Conservative Party and found a new right-wing political party in Britain. After helping Britain exit the European Union, he said in an interview with the Daily Mail, he will quit politics.
by Breitbart London25 May 2014, 4:43 AM PST0

While voting ended in Britain on Thursday at 10pm, it is only tonight after the polls close in the democratically significant city of Athens that results can start being announced across Europe. Ballot boxes have been locked away for days,
by Raheem Kassam25 May 2014, 3:30 AM PST0

(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Britain’s Prince Charles on Saturday of unacceptable and unroyal behaviour by comparing him with Adolf Hitler over Russia’s stance in Ukraine. Putin said he had not heard the comment, made by the prince
by Breitbart News25 May 2014, 3:07 AM PST0

All eyes will be on potential gains by Europe’s increasingly popular anti-EU parties when a mammoth four-day election for the next five-year European Parliament winds up today. After kicking off in Britain and the Netherlands, then taking in five more
by Breitbart News25 May 2014, 3:03 AM PST0

Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg came under pressure today to step down as leader of the Liberal Democrats after the centre-Left party took a pounding in local elections. Two would-be Lib Dem parliamentary candidates — staring at a much-reduced
by Breitbart News25 May 2014, 2:59 AM PST0

(Reuters) – Draped down the side of the European Commission’s headquarters, a 13-storey-tall banner urged citizens to vote in the European Parliament elections, proclaiming in English, French and Dutch: “This time it’s different.” Well maybe, but maybe not. The unwritten
by Breitbart News25 May 2014, 2:56 AM PST0

Finland’s conservative National Coalition appears to be in a clear lead over other parties in the elections for the European Parliament, according to an opinion poll published by the public broadcaster Yle. Finland remains of particular interest in EU politics
by M.E. Synon24 May 2014, 7:41 AM PST0

A conservative paper supporting Turkey’s prime minister went on an anti-Semitic diatribe regarding the recent mine disaster that claimed the lives of 301 people, the International Business Times reported. The article on the front page of Turkish paper Yeni Akit
by Abe Katsman24 May 2014, 7:33 AM PST0

Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s National Front, has responded ferociously to a report that she is “flirting” with Golden Dawn, the far-right Greek party many in the political mainstream called neo-Nazi. With just hours to go before the elections
by M.E. Synon24 May 2014, 7:05 AM PST0

Chip Bergh, the CEO of Levi Strauss has not washed his jeans in over a year. Why do we need to know this revolting fact? Interviewed at Fortune’s Brainstorm Green Conference, Bergh admitted it “sounds totally disgusting” but insisted “I
by James Delingpole24 May 2014, 6:35 AM PST0

In the immediate aftermath of UKIP council seat gains across the United Kingdom, the ‘little to the left’ website Conservative Home held its annual conference in Westminster. Noteworthy amongst other reported comments were those by Conservative Party MP and Tory
by Raheem Kassam24 May 2014, 6:18 AM PST0

A judge in Manchester has ruled that police cannot seize the £200,000 home of convicted terrorist Munir Farooqi as a criminal asset, according to BBC News. Police had wanted to take possession of the house and sell it in order
by Nick Hallett24 May 2014, 6:03 AM PST0

Labour Party leader Ed Miliband faced a series of humiliating attacks yesterday after members of his own party criticised his election strategy. Some critics also called him “weird” and suggested that his personality could alienate him from voters. The Daily
by Nick Hallett24 May 2014, 5:36 AM PST0

by Raheem Kassam24 May 2014, 5:21 AM PST0