European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009

My Lords, that was probably before names were registered because it would not be allowed now. The Electoral Commission would not register ““Real Liberal Democrat”” because it would say it is too close to ““Liberal Democrat””. However, it allows a party called the Liberal Party to be registered and one called the national liberal something or other, which is a crazy fascist outfit in some part of London, so it is not entirely consistent. Will there be the name of the party, which we all recognise, such as the Labour Party or UKIP, and underneath any six words it wants? That seems undesirable because it allows a slogan on a ballot paper. A standard ballot paper is shown on page 53 of the regulations, and it appears to show just the names of the parties and no descriptions, so I am not sure where the description would appear and in what size typeface.