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Thursday, 10 June 2010
The Netherlands election result
The BBC are upset that 'A Dutch anti-Islam party has more than doubled its seats in parliament in a national vote'. The BBC fervently hope that a governing coalition can be formed without Geert Wilders' party. Stand by for some vilification of Geert Wilders by the BBC in the coming weeks.
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The BBC were really surprised at just how well Mr Wilders' right-wing party did - and, also, blatantly disappointed at how well the Dutch Liberal Party did. (Dutch Liberals are firmly right-of-centre. They are Classic Liberals. We here in the UK and in the USA forget such parties exist.)
This is part of a pattern.
The BBC were no less surprised that right-of-centre parties (including the Eurosceptic, 'climate change denying' Civic Democrats - the party of Vaclac Klaus) trounced the Left in the Czech general election.
They also seemed taken aback by the right-wing sweep in the recent Italian local elections.
The BBC never seems to expect right-of-centre parties to win elections. This must be purely a result of wishful thinking on their part.
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