The Brexit Party and the Liberal Democrats emerge as the principal winners
THE ONLY fair conclusion from the European election in Britain is that the country is still split down the middle over Brexit. On a total turnout of around 37%, slightly higher than in 2014, Nigel Farage’s new Brexit Party was the biggest winner, taking some 32% of the vote and 28 seats. Adding in the remnant UK Independence Party took the two clearest pro-Brexit parties to a vote share of 35%.
But Labour did only a little better, with 14% of the vote and ten seats. The party suffered from what voters saw as its ambiguous position on Brexit, with insufficient clarity over whether it wants a second referendum or which side it would support if there were one. Its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, promised to reflect on the result and hinted more strongly than before that he might come round more explicitly to supporting another Brexit referendum, though not all his advisers agree.
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