Andrew Reitemeyer

Lower Saxony Pirates Fail to Gain Seats in State Parliament January 22, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election Hundreds of Lower Saxony Pirates, together with Pirates from other Germans states and many from at least 14 other countries, gathered in Hanover to watch the results come in. As stated in our earlier article, the polls were showing 3-4% of the conservative leaning Lower Saxon voters were intending to vote Pirate.This was down from the 8% in May 2012  but hearts were hopeful. Pirate faces dropped in disbelief and tears began to flow as the first estimates gave the Pirate Party a mere 1.8%. As the results came in …

UK Pirates Get a Good Result in Manchester By-Election November 18, 2012 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election The United Kingdom Pirate Party had a good result in the recent by-election held on 15 November 2012 in the city of Manchester. The seat in Manchester Central was left vacant after the sitting Member of Parliament, Tony Lloyd of the Labour Party, resigned to become Police and Crime Commissioner for the city. In the “first past the post” electoral system, currently in use in the UK, the safe Labour seat was won by the labour candidate Lucy Powell. However the leader for PPUK, Loz Kaye, who stood for the Pirate Party made a good showing. …

Pirates Ready for Municipal Elections on Sunday in Finland October 26, 2012 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election We are hearing a lot about Sweden recently because of their massive influx of new members . But what of the other Nordic countries? It looks like Finland will be making the headlines in the coming days. The Finnish Pirates are fielding  121 candidates in 21 different municipalities in the municipal elections that are being held on Sunday 28 October 2012. The PartyIt is the biggest party, that does not yet have a representative in the country’s parliament. Considering that the party was first founded in the spring of 2008, this is a remarkable achievement. …