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So, the Euro elections, and I have no idea who most of the political parties stand for.

Conservative, Labour, Lib-dem.  I have no major issue with any of these platforms in this election.  The MEPs seems to be less affected by the Daily Hate Mail than MPs.  Still going to be highly tailorted to appeal tovoters.  I guess I shouldn;t copmplain. It's what democracy's about anyway. 
Green: Deny being a single issue party but I'm not convinced.  Also their green policies seem to be more about the most visible rather than the most polluting. 
BNP: Racist idiot thugs.
English Democrats/United Kingdom First: These seem to be more of the same bitter middle England party.  Less overtly racist but very much of the opinion that immigration is the source of all out problems.  English Democrats seem to be trying to paint themselves as an English version of SNP.  They want an English parliament, English national identity.  I agree with the principle but can't help feeling they're doing this for the wrong reasons. 
UKIP/N02EU: They seem to have similar plaforms, but NO2EU is a little more moderate.  UKIP is capitalising on the recent expenses issues.  Pot, kettle, black...
I tend to have a slight distrust of parties with British or English in the name.  It seems to be a polite way of saying Xenophobic.
Getting out of the EU is a stupid platform.  It's not going to help.  For anythign we export we'll have to agree to EU standards anyway.  Most of the Barmy Brussels Bureaucrat stuff is made up by the media, so is "political correctness".  Immigration is nothing like the problem it's represented as. 
Libertas: Seem to be a slightly more realistic anti-EU/pro-EU party who figure reform is an option and less problematic than leaving. 
Christian Party: Okay - run on a platfom of charity, forgiveness, fairness, love and we'll talk.  Run on a platform of Biblical dogmatism and you cease to be relevent to the 21st century. 
Soicialist Labout Party: I guess they couldn't bear to spend money on a borgois web-designer.  Ouch!  So, a very left wing socialist party.  They are so opposite my political views it's untrue.  Seems it's just a difference of opinion though. 
Peace Party: I like the concept.  All seems a little naive. 
Jury Team: Sounds like a short lived TV series.  Jury by day, crime fighters by night.  The only 24 hour crime-fighters.  Seems to be a collaboration of independents who are against part politics.  I approve.
The Roman Party Ave: A bored french bus driver wants to be an MEP.  Works for me.  Can't be much worse than anyone else.  Always good to have a legitimate protest vote.

So, Libertas and Jury team.  What should I know about them?

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Date: 2009-06-01 08:57 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
お振込とか、ご招待って、あるの?

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Date: 2009-06-01 02:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xenaclone.livejournal.com
Libertas [from their website]

http://www.libertas.eu/uk/

Jury Team

http://www.juryteam.org/
[Thought briefly about getting a nomination with them]

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Date: 2009-06-01 03:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] luckykaa.livejournal.com
I'm really most concerned about the dirty laundry aspect. Things like UKIP members often being a little too chummy with the far right.

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Date: 2009-06-01 06:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cath-er-ine.livejournal.com
UKIP = politer version of BNP

None of the MEPs in my area (I have far far less choice than you!) seem to understand the fisheries crisis, which is what I care about. I have no Green Party candidate (a good choice when proportional representation applies) so I am stuffed. Will probably spoil my ballot paper...

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Date: 2009-06-01 06:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-smut-fairy.livejournal.com
You don't have a Green candidate at all? Bloody hell, they're usually rather active where Europe is concerned, aren't they?

(Looks stuff up) Hang on, aren't you in the Eastern region? Says here it has the full set of 7...
Edited Date: 2009-06-01 06:48 pm (UTC)

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Date: 2009-06-01 08:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cath-er-ine.livejournal.com
Weirdly on a different page on the same website it told me I had two coinservative, two UKIP, two lib dem and one labour. Confused now!

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Date: 2009-06-02 06:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-smut-fairy.livejournal.com
That's current MEPs (you get seven in your region), not candidates at this week's election.

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Date: 2009-06-03 08:18 pm (UTC)

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Date: 2009-06-01 06:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-smut-fairy.livejournal.com
Over here we have the Christians advertising themselves under biiiig slogans about how they're a way of resisting the far right. Which gets a tad confusing.

As a rule, when I encounter unfamiliar parties, I find that: shouting about democracy/liberty/similar + not LibDems or SocDems = probably shouty scary right wing Kilroy-a-likes.

Also, I will make a point of not voting for anyone who can't spell "to".
Edited Date: 2009-06-01 06:39 pm (UTC)
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