European election 2019: Brexit party triumphant as Tories and Labour suffer losses.

It was night to remember for the Brexit party, a party which had been formed by a UKIP reject, Catherine Blaiklock, and had been given purpose to by Nigel Farage. They won 29 seats compared to Labours, 10 seats, and Tories’ 4 seats at the EU election and are set to stand at the next general election if the Tories do not deliver Brexit .

The Lib Dems also stunned many in the Elections, earning a respectable 18.5% share of the votes. The Lib Dems where very clear on their message of being a pro-European union party from the get-go and where almost a go to party for voters who wanted to remain in the European union. In London, they swept up more votes than any other party which is a region known for being predominantly Labour.

What now for the Conservatives and Labour?

For the Tories, these set of results were expected as the party have been in turmoil in recent weeks. They’ll need to elect a party leader who will consequently be prime minister all before Theresa May, the current prime minister, leaves 10 Downing street on the 7^th July. The new elected prime minister will need to ensure that the UK has left the EU by the 31^st October with or without a deal with increasing pressure from the public and other parties. If the Tories fail to accomplish this, then a general election will most probably occur.

Labour have been calling for a second referendum which seems very unlikely at this point. Based on the results, Labour will need to regroup and discuss where they went wrong. Whether they change leader or not is a mystery but what is clear to see is that they’ll need to give a firm declaration of where they stand with Brexit to unite their followers, which it seems they’ve lost.