European elections: tactical voting and strategic thinking for remainers

Nigel Farage in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he was hit by a milkshake during a campaign visit on Monday 20 May. David Hardman fears that Farage’s Brexit party will win two European parliament seats in north-east England unless Labour supporters vote tactically for the Liberal Democrats. Photograph: Scott Heppell/ReutersJonathan Freedland does the country and the pro-EU cause a great disservice by advocating an anti-Labour protest vote (Remainers have no option but to ignore Labour next week