European Elections - Voting Intentions

[DCI Harry Batt]

Tories has gone up since I last looked. To one. Which you have to hope is a joke, obvs.

[George C.]

Yes, I know that the Northern Irish parties are different, Gonzo. But as I explained upthread, I wasn't allowed to add any more options and I couldn't recall any active Northern Irish posters, so just put the all parties option on there for completeness sake. I couldn't add a general "Others" choice either.

Thanks.

And I'm NOT 'Gonzo'.

[Nocturnal Submission]

Righty ho

[Wouter D]

Of the options, would have to be the Greens. In the Dutch ballot box, though, it's going to be the animal welfare party.

They've disqualified themselves from my vote with their antivaxxer bullshit.

[George C.]

Righty ho

[Guy Profumo]

They've disqualified themselves from my vote with their antivaxxer bullshit.

Aren't they more the party that tolerates their weirdo fringe of the homeopaths rather than summarily expelling them, or endorsing the antivaxxers?

[ursus arctos]

Erm, no

[Guy Profumo]

Erm, no

Dutch Greens?

What's GrEW and ScGrP's take on it?

[Diable Rouge]

Presumably favourable, given they share a European grouping? It's the Party for Animals who are the anti-vaxxers, as per UA's Dutch link.

[Guy Profumo]

Speaking of anti-Vaxxers I'm still suspended from Twitter for pointing out Heather Mills, Ian Hislop, and Paul Dacre are worthless pieces of shit for repeating the lies about vaccination is dangerous and causes autism.

Yet the shitty Kippers and racist racist sub-human filth in Brexit UK keep their accounts.

Not that I'm bitter...

[Diable Rouge]

This seems rather more nuanced tactical advice than Gina Miller's attempt.

[DCI Harry Batt]

I'd rather leave the EU than vote Liberal, as it goes.

[DCI Harry Batt]

I did just see a friend RT that "remainvoter.com" link, which suggests throwing away your vote on Umunna's ego, for no obvious reason.

[Aitch]

Presumably favourable, given they share a European grouping? It's the Party for Animals who are the anti-vaxxers, as per UA's Dutch link.

The link says that the animal welfarers are against compulsory vaccinations. It also says that crèches and the like should have the right to refuse kiddies who represent a health risk to other kiddies.

[anton pulisov]

I dislike the idea of a political poll of this site.

[Nocturnal Submission]

Why's that?

[Sam]

Posted mine today (as mentioned on the Mundane Thread, it won't get there in time to be counted, but my constituency send postal vote ballot papers out so late that there's not much I can do about that). I voted (or didn't vote, since it won't be counted) Green for the first time.

[Wouter D]

The link says that the animal welfarers are against compulsory vaccinations. It also says that crèches and the like should have the right to refuse kiddies who represent a health risk to other kiddies.

I distinctly remember that they had a much stronger opinion about it during the last few elections. To be fair, my google skills come up short, so let me change the subject. Any comments on how the party had to be convinced by a chorus of external hilarity to change their point of view on chemtrails?

Feel free to draw a different conclusion than I do, but I am not willing to forgive such nonsense anytime soon.

[Aitch]

On vaccinations PvdD says:

De Partij voor de Dieren is tegen verplicht vaccineren. Ieder mens heeft het recht om zelf te beschikken over zijn of haar lichaam en daarmee ook het recht om af te zien van inenting voor zichzelf of zijn/haar minderjarige kinderen. Ook moet er geen vaccinatieplicht opgelegd kunnen worden vanuit de Europese Unie. Tegelijk is de Partij voor de Dieren van mening dat het tevens tot de vrijheid van een kinderdagverblijf moet behoren om kinderen te kunnen weigeren die een aantoonbaar risico zouden kunnen vormen voor de gezondheid van andere kinderen in de opvang, op basis van objectief vast te stellen minimale eisen van vaccinatie

, which is pretty clear.

Can't find anything on the website about chemtrails. What I do find objectionable though is the personality cult surrounding Marianne Thieme. Can anyone take this book cover seriously?

[anton pulisov]

She actually dressed like that a few years agao at the budget announcement day (the biggest day in the Dutch parliamentary calendar, when the royals show up as well).

[Diable Rouge]

Posted mine today (as mentioned on the Mundane Thread, it won't get there in time to be counted, but my constituency send postal vote ballot papers out so late that there's not much I can do about that). I voted (or didn't vote, since it won't be counted) Green for the first time.

Our of curiosity, how long do posters here retain their British franchise while living abroad?

[Wouter D]

Can't find anything on the website about chemtrails.

I am having a problem with their historical viewpoints. This is from their website in november 2016:


Notice the final remark, which calls for a citizen initiative to force the Tweede Kamer to debate this nonsense.

[Fussbudget]

Our of curiosity, how long do posters here retain their British franchise while living abroad?

I believe it's 15 years.

[ursus arctos]

It's strange to me that one would ever lose it, but then the European concept of "residency" is somewhat alien to us (and there is the fact that we have to pay US taxes wherever we are).

[Aitch]

historical viewpoints.

From the AD, 23/11/2016:

,,Wij kregen en krijgen nog steeds veel vragen over chemtrails. Dat was ooit de reden dat we een standpunt hebben ingenomen. Nu zijn wij met een update gekomen. Wij laten het over aan degenen die toch een reden voor zorg zien, zich hier verder in te verdiepen. Maar het is natuurlijk aan de wetenschap om feiten en fabels te onderscheiden.''

Anyhoos, happy voting everyone. Vote early, vote often.