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muriel_volestrangler

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11. Got a strange flyer today: Laurence Stassen, a Dutch woman who wants to take UK out of Europe

Reply to T_i_B (Original post)

Tue May 13, 2014, 11:29 AM

May 2014

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Stassen

She was in Geert Wilders party until March 21st, apparently, when he said something nasty about Moroccans. She's now standing for "An Independence from Europe", which was founded by Mike Natrass, an MEP who was elected for UKIP in 2004 and 2009, but apparently failed an exam they set in 2013. After almost joining the English Democrats, he set up the new party. He had previously been in the Referendum Party, the New Britain Party, and the Judaean People's Front.

Very odd for an independence party to be running a European with no apparent connection to the UK until at most 2 months ago, and you have to wonder how the people previously lined up on the list feel about her parachuting in (though I presume they didn't expect to get elected anyway), though anything that splits the UKIP vote must be a Good Thing.

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European Parliament and Local Council elections on 22nd May [View all] T_i_B Apr 2014 OP

In Germany, too. DetlefK Apr 2014 #1

Hello DetlefK! T_i_B May 2014 #4

Euro-election in the South East constituency has the usual long list of parties... LeftishBrit Apr 2014 #2

Anyone who has any remaining doubts about UKIP's racism ... non sociopath skin Apr 2014 #3

There are UKIP adverts on this very website... T_i_B May 2014 #5

Likely outcomes under the D'Hondt method muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #6

Ah, tactical voting... T_i_B May 2014 #7

Well said! non sociopath skin May 2014 #8

Agree with you both LeftishBrit May 2014 #9

Indeed. T_i_B May 2014 #14

I'm voting Labour this time... LeftishBrit May 2014 #10

North East England: Labour 2, UKIP 1 muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #27

Got a strange flyer today: Laurence Stassen, a Dutch woman who wants to take UK out of Europe muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #11

Got the same one. Most bizarre. LeftishBrit May 2014 #12

Yeah; she seemed to vaguely fit with UKIP because she had been EU Chief Accountant muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #13

Vote Match for the EU muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #15

My results came out with the Lib Dems! T_i_B May 2014 #16

I got exactly equal agreement for Labour and the Greens (about two thirds) LeftishBrit May 2014 #17

It's very hard to be wrong all the time muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #20

I had Greens, Labour then the Lib Dems Anarcho-Socialist May 2014 #18

I voted Green in my postal ballot for European Parliament Anarcho-Socialist May 2014 #19

Polling day tomorrow T_i_B May 2014 #21

2 or 3 leaflets from Lib Dems, Tories and UKIP muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #22

I've had a few leaflets from the LibDems, both about the local elections and the Euro-ones LeftishBrit May 2014 #23

The Tory message seemed rather contradictory... T_i_B May 2014 #24

YouGov's projection from their final poll - Greens to overtake Lib Dems: muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #25

Looks like UKIP have done very well in the local elections T_i_B May 2014 #26

With results from Scotland and Northern Ireland to come... T_i_B May 2014 #28

The South East now have...(don't look if you have a weak stomach) LeftishBrit May 2014 #29

The scary thing is Tories and UKIP got 63% of the South East vote between them muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #30

Whatever the media may say about "uniform swings," the North-South divide has never looked greater . non sociopath skin May 2014 #31

In East Midlands we ended up with.... T_i_B Jun 2014 #32