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| Crow's No2EU gain 153,000 votes | |
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| The left-wing No2EU party led by the leader of rail union RMT Bob Crow has gained 1% of the UK vote in the European Parliament elections. | The left-wing No2EU party led by the leader of rail union RMT Bob Crow has gained 1% of the UK vote in the European Parliament elections. |
| The No2EU - Yes to Democracy alliance polled 153,236 votes. | |
| Before the election, the party claimed the UK was "sleepwalking" to privatisation of the NHS by Brussels. | Before the election, the party claimed the UK was "sleepwalking" to privatisation of the NHS by Brussels. |
| It said a recent extension of European internal market rules to cover healthcare paved the way for private companies to take over the NHS. | It said a recent extension of European internal market rules to cover healthcare paved the way for private companies to take over the NHS. |
| The party, led by Bob Crow, had said if it were elected, its MEPs would refuse to take their seats in the the European Parliament in protest at the institution's "undemocratic" nature. | The party, led by Bob Crow, had said if it were elected, its MEPs would refuse to take their seats in the the European Parliament in protest at the institution's "undemocratic" nature. |