The European election is over and populists on both sides win big

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So the European elections are over and in the United Kingdom dominated.by Nigel Farage's new one issue party, The U.K Brexit Patty, that won 31% of the vote with the Liberals getting 20% in second. The other big winners on the night were the Greens, empowered by the recent Extinction Rebellion protest about global warming and backing a second referendum. If you add up the votes for parties backing Brexit versus backing Remain it was a clear win to Remain, taking over the line by the Scottish National Party, who backed Remain, as did most of Scotland although the SNP vote was up just 1% on the 2014 elections so no real increased Brexit vote. With the British PM standing down next month the next PM still has to figure a way through Brexit, The mandate is there for a second vote but the big two parties, the Tory's and Labor, fear losing a million votes each of they back the second vote, letting the new parties win more votes.