INTERVIEW – RAHEEM KASSAM – Editor-in-Chief, Human Events – discussed Brexit Party’s stunning victory.
- FARAGE: The Brexit Party’s stunning victory is just the beginning. “…The parties of the Westminster establishment are terrified of us. The European election results show they are right to be. The Brexit Party is here to stay and to change politics for good.”
- Europe’s centrists lose majority in EU elections, Brexit Party surges. (NY Post) — Europe’s centrist parties took a beating in the European Union’s parliamentary elections over the weekend — losing ground to environmental and liberal groups as well as far-right and populist parties. The upending of the traditional order was particularly noticeable in the UK, where Nigel Farage’s single-issue Brexit Party took a third of the votes — while outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party won just 9 percent, putting it in fifth place. Farage said Monday the result makes the case that Britain should leave the EU, even if an agreement on that exit isn’t reached. He added that he doubts the Conservatives will manage to extricate the country from the 28-member body by October’s deadline while they struggle to replace May — and said his party would “stun everybody” in the next British election if it doesn’t happen on time. “The Conservative Party are bitterly divided and I consider it to be extremely unlikely that they will pick a leader who is able to take us out on the 31st October,” he said. May, who is stepping down in June after she failed to cement a Brexit deal, called the loss “disappointing” and said it “shows the importance of finding a Brexit deal.” The four-day election among the EU countries delivered the highest turnout in 20 years, with almost 51 percent of eligible voters casting a ballot.
