European elections

The results of the European elections must give us pause for thought and require a proper reflection of what the results mean. Whilst coming top of the poll, UKIP appear to have polled 9% of the electorate as the result was based on a turnout of 33%. What is significant is the rise of right-wing parties across the European spectrum. This is a very dangerous scenario, the right cause wars because their analysis begins and ends with blaming other people. It's the Jews, the Muslims, the unemployed, the immigrants etc. They are not intelligent enough to understand the underlying causes of problems and are not interested anyway, they know the enemy and have the solutions and don't need any smart arse to caution them to stop and consider that they may be wrong. This is so evident with the British Tory and his UKIP henchmen. Remember, the Tories and UKIP and both fighting for the same constituency and to convince us that they are the ones to deal with foreigners, immigrants, benefit scroungers etc.

I do not believe that these results indicate a rejection of Europe or the European ideal, what I feel is that this is a reaction to austerity and to the neoliberal free market model that is the fundamental cause of all our social and economic problems. It is also a rejection of the arrogance of the main Westminster parties and their contemptuous dismissal of the electorate. As I've said before, Albert Einstein told us that insanity is continuing to do the same things and expecting different results and that is what all of the European mainstream parties have been doing since 2007. It is this form of insanity and the people who continue to promote it that the electorates around Europe are rejecting. Nowhere is this disease more relevant than in the UK.

It is profoundly dispiriting that the Scots have given UKIP 10% of their votes. I haven't seen the turnout in Scotland, but if it is 30% as it is in the rest of the country, that means that only 3 voters in every 100 have voted for UKIP, but that is still 3 too many. What is certain is that the principal commentators will read the wrong message from these results and, in classic Einstein fashion, will continue to promote the same policies and the same people. Do not be like them and don't give in to scapegoating people who are not the cause of our problems. I have asked people who told me they were going to vote UKIP if they had any idea what they stood for other than Europe and immigration and they gaily admitted they had no idea. That is not only sad, it is scary.

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Doktor Kommirat