S1: Eurovision or European Parliament Elections?
May 28, 2019•26 min
Episode description
Between cups of tea and a lot of dithering, Richard and Carola try to understand what it means to be a European family and live in the UK.
Carola and Rich still have clinking cups of tea but they could not resist and record their first reactions to the EU parliament elections. They ponder over election mathematics and what the share of the votes means for popular opinion about leave vs remain. They dissect the D’Hondt system, still not being as proportional representative as they would like, and they rant about those media channels who still act as if these where FPTP elections.
Links:
Carola and Rich still have clinking cups of tea but they could not resist and record their first reactions to the EU parliament elections. They ponder over election mathematics and what the share of the votes means for popular opinion about leave vs remain. They dissect the D’Hondt system, still not being as proportional representative as they would like, and they rant about those media channels who still act as if these where FPTP elections.
Links:
- Our calculations on DHondt vs excact proportional representation (on Twitter)
- BBC: EU Parliament Elections – UK Results
- BBC: EU Parliament Elections – EU Results
- Guardian: EU Parliament Elections – UK Results