Endorsements in the 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom

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Various newspapers, organisations and individuals endorsed parties or individual candidates for the 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom.

Contents

Newspapers

NewspaperEndorsement
Daily Mail Conservative Party, Brexit Party in strategic electorates [1]
Evening Standard Liberal Democrats [2]
The Guardian
The Observer 		 Pro-EU candidates [3] [4]
The News Letter (Belfast) Unionist candidates [5]
The Sun Brexit Party [1]
Sunday Mail (Scotland) Scottish Green Party [6]
Sunday Mirror Labour Party [7]

Online publications

Organisations

Individuals

Brexit Party

Change UK

Conservative Party

Green Party

Labour Party

Liberal Democrats

Individual candidates

Mixed endorsements

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  42. ↑ Bell, Martin (9 May 2019). "Why I'm backing Gavin Esler in the rewarding nightmare of standing for election" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  43. ↑ Hodges, Dan [@DPJHodges] (23 May 2019). "Just got back. In the end I voted Change UK. Disagree 100% with their Brexit stance. But I spent years demanding Labour MPs have the courage to take a stand, and actually do something about what's happened to their party. And they did. That's more important than logos" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 May 2019– via Twitter.
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  45. ↑ Zahradil, Jan [@ZahradilJan] (11 April 2019). "Postponing #Brexit deadline until October + flexibility to leave earlier is a reasonable compromise. I stay confident we will reach a deal that works for both sides. In the meantime, we in the @ecrgroup will of course welcome our @ConMEPs friends back if they hold #EPelections" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  46. ↑ Green Party of England and Wales (23 May 2019). "Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall is voting Green". Facebook . Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  47. ↑ Fearnley-Whittingstall, Hugh (22 May 2019). "I'm voting #Green tomorrow for a People's Vote and a People's Planet. I.e. one that's actually worth living on. #getoutforthegreenparty #peoplesvote". @HughFW. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  48. ↑ Matt Haig [@matthaig1] (20 May 2019). "Labour are lost. Change are the Same. ... So if you're going to vote, You'd better vote GREEN" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 May 2019– via Twitter.
  49. ↑ Jones, Duncan (18 May 2019). "The beauty of proportional representation is that you don't have to fear voting for a smaller party. Your vote still has power, unlike first past the post. Unlike our national election, the EU election uses PR. This means that you voting green MAKES A REAL DIFFERENCE! Vote GREEN". @ManMadeMoon. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  50. ↑ Lustig, Robin (17 May 2019). "How I'm going to vote next Thursday – and why: 'We're heading for some very stormy political waters. We'll need strong stomachs and clear heads – and we'll need to keep our wits about us.'". @robinlustig. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
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