True Finns come third in Finnish election

UKIP's partners in the EU Parliament, True Finns, have come joint second by votes in today's Finnish general election with 19.1% of the vote.

The party has gone from political insignificance 4 years ago to finish in third place today and may end up a major player in the coalition that will be formed to govern Finland in the coming days.

The final results are:

• National Coalition Party 20.3% (44 seats)
• Social Democrats 19.1% (42 seats)
• True Finns 19.1% (39 seats)
• Center Party 15.8% (35 seats)
• Left Alliance 8.1% (14 seats)
• Greens 7.2% (10 seats)

Good Luck Timo

Finland goes to the polls today to elect a government and politicians across the EU will be watching it with great interest.

The True Finns Party, led by Timo Soini, is polling level with the europhile establishment parties and one of their "red lines" that they won't compromise on in coalition talks is their insistence that Finland's membership of the EU must not be formalised in the Finnish constitution.

True Finns have been campaigning against Finland's involvement in bailing out Portugal, with Soini asking "Why should Finland bail anyone out? We won't allow Finnish cows to be milked by other hands".  He's a eurosceptic of sorts, pointing out that Greece and Portugal have little in common with Finland and his party sits alongside UKIP in the sceptic/reformist Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD).  Like UKIP, the True Finns Party are also campaigning against unfettered immigration.

While the True Finns are some way left of UKIP, we do have a lot in common and of course on the big issue of the European Empire, we're certainly on the same side.

True Finns Party level with Finnish version of LibLabCon

The True Finns Party is polling the same level of support as the Finnish equivalent of the LibLabcon, the CenSocNatCol.

This is worrying the EU and the cosy club of Finnish eurohpile parties because the True Finns are the Finnish equivalent of UKIP and, in fact, sit in the Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) group in the EU Parliament.

This is good news, we need eurosceptics in every country in Europe if we're going to be successful in slowing down the EU takeover for long enough for the UK to still exist when we're in a position to get out.

p.s. Why are the Guardian calling them "far right"?  They're a socialist party.