Posted on 05/28/2019 7:53:16 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
One of the highlights of Sunday night was a clearly stunned Tommy Robinson (real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) fleeing the count in Manchester after realising that his hope of becoming an MEP was shattered. He polled just 2.2%, taking only 39,000 votes in the north west and lost his deposit.
When he first announced his candidacy, it seemed inconceivable that the man who had founded the English Defence League could become an MEP. Yet we also knew that he was the best-known far-right activist since the second world war, and better known than most of our politicians.
Over half the British public had heard of him, and while there was overwhelming opposition to him, 5% of society viewed him positively. As a consequence, we took his candidature seriously. Private polling commissioned by Hope Not Hate of 1,100 voters in the North West electoral area found support for Yaxley-Lennon on just 1.5%, well below the 8.5% he needed to stand a chance of winning a seat. However, we were conscious that this probably underestimated his support not least because the typical Yaxley-Lennon supporter was probably less likely to be on a YouGov survey panel.
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Hey Guardian, it’s best to mind how you speak of your future King.
Did he take a sword out of a stone lately? Watch out. He’s armed, dangerous, and racist!/s
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