Intriguing European Elections

Terry Whitehead joins Vince to discuss how SPAIN’S left-leaning Partido Socialista PSOE) won 20 European Parliament seats and made gains in towns, cities and regions while the Brexit Party topped Britain’s ballot. .Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s PSOE will have six more Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) bringing its total to 20.The conservative Partido Popular (PP) lost four of its seats, leaving it with 12 MEPs. The centrist Ciudadanos picked up a seat to reach seven MEPs, while the leftist Podemos lost five MEPs and now has 11 seats.The far-right Vox will enter the European Parliament for the first time after winning three seats. Meanwhile in Britain, results released yesterday showed the pro-leave Brexit Party won 31.6 per cent of the vote, picking up 29 European Parliament seats. The pro-Remain Liberal Democrats won an extra 15 seats giving it 16 MEPs, up from one before the vote.Labour lost 10 seats and now has 10 MEPs. The Conservatives lost 15 seats leaving them with four MEPs and he Green Party won four more seats than in the last European Parliament election in 2014 and now has a total of seven MEPs. .THE Catholic Church in Spain has announced that it contributed €1.38 billion to the Spanish economy in 2016 following a recent study undertaken by the Conferencia Episcopal Española. With some 23,000 parishes within the country it employs large numbersof men and women who are tax payers and also supports those in need through Caritas and other charitable operations. AFTER China closed the doors to the importation of waste material, it has been diverted to other parts of Asia and recently Malaysia seized large volumes of illegal plastic waste sent from Spain.According to Greenpeace, in 2018, Researchers working on The Jeremy Kyle Show have been accused of smoking cannabis with guests and giving them alcohol for 'medicinal purposes' in a bombshell documentary. British children are at risk of a rickets epidemic as they spend more time indoors playing on smartphones and tablets, an expert has warned. Steve Jones, a leading geneticist, said the condition – common in Victorian times – was coming back 'at some speed' as youngsters spent less time in the sun.. Car theft victims are getting a payout from insurers every eight minutes, according to alarming new data released today. Around £108 million – or £1.2 million a day – was paid out in claims in the first three months of the year.