Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Labour routed in European elections

Labour was trailing the UK Independence Party, while the Conservatives made a remarkable comeback in Wales, finishing on top. It was the first time that Labour had lost the popular vote there since 1918.

The Liberal Democrats were also having a bad night — in fourth place overall. The Green Party won a seat in London.

But in perhaps the biggest blow to the governing party, the BNP took the last of six seats in Yorkshire, with Andrew Brons securing 120,000 votes...

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