Brexit Party set to smash the Tories, Labour and Lib Dems in historic EU election victory as counting gets underway
THE Brexit Party is set to sensationally wipe the floor with the floundering Tories and Labour in the European election as vote counting is underway.
Forecasts show that Nigel Farage’s new party will win 24 seats, or 32 percent, while the shambolic Tory government trail behind with only 12 percent.
The Labour Party is predicated to grab 19 percent of the vote along with the Lib Dems who are also forecast to get around 19 with the Greens on 10
Votes will be announced from 10pm UK time this evening.
Despite voting to leave more than three years ago, Britain was forced to take part in the polls and elect a whole new raft of MEPs in 12 regions.
Brits will pick 73 MEPs to seat in the 750-strong European Parliament.
TORY WIPE OUT
This year’s turnout represents a two per cent rise from 2014 although according to Number Crunch Politics UK votes have increased more in Remain areas which could be good news for Labour, the Lib Dems and the Greens.
Tories secretly fear they could be completely wiped out, as earlier polls had them on just six per cent.
Farage has declared himself a “king maker” and said any Tory leader will need his support to beat Jeremy Corbyn in the next general election.
He told Fox News: “On Sunday night, we get the results of the European elections. The Conservative Party will get less than 10 percent of the vote.
“The Brexit Party which I founded six weeks ago is expected to top the polls with 35 per cent.
“Whoever the Conservatives choose, whether it’s Boris or not, without my support they won’t win the next election.”
Brits went to vote on Thursday in the European elections – but the results aren’t in yet as the rest of Europe hasn’t finished voting yet.
Sealed ballot boxes are waiting in counting stations across Britain, which will finally be opened within hours.
The vote is said to have cost around £150million to hold.
While Britain waits for their votes to be counted foreign nationals living in the UK are queuing up in their droves to vote.
QUEUES FOR VOTERS
Crowds of Romanian voters snaking along roads in Stratford, East London, were filmed this evening.
One man made a 20 second film of the queue as people patiently waited to play their part in the election.
Victor Balta tweeted: “When you think that the queue is not that bad in Stratford, but discover this just around the corner. Hope to have the chance to express my vote.”
I have never seen a turnout like this. Thousands of Romanians have come to cast their vote for the elections
Chrisso Elia
There were similar scenes in Birmingham, as thousands of Romanians queued at a tiny polling station.
Huge crowds gatehred around The Midlands Greek and Cypriot Association, in Erdington, standing for hours to have their say in this year’s European Elections.
Shocked onlooker, Chrisso Elia, said: “I have never seen a turnout like this. Thousands of Romanians have come to cast their vote for the elections.
“The queue isn’t just outside the polling station – it snakes all the way around the park.”
Hundreds of Greek nationals and Cypriots are also expected to attend the venue, further adding to the strain.
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More than 426 million people across the continent are eligible to vote in the elections.
The UK and the Netherlands fired the starting gun on Thursday, followed by Ireland and the Czech Republic on Friday.
Latvia, Malta and Slovakia joined in on Saturday, while the remainder – including EU giants France and Germany, and keenly watched Italy – cast their ballots today.
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