The referendum held on campus that led to YUSU backing a nationwide second Brexit referendum has been recognised as the leading cause for the poll shifts in the European elections.

The evening saw humiliating results for the Conservative and Labour parties across the country, as well as in York: both parties went to D-Bar and spent the evening being laughed at by cheering and jeering Liberal Democrats, who have performed remarkably well.

Liberal Democrat figures are known to have played a significant role in the campus referendum, and it is believed that their campaigning experience was shared with the party at the Lib Dem national conference in York.

Speaking on the BBC, Sir John Curtice suggested the shockwaves of the campus referendum spread beyond Heslington West to the country and beyond, causing voters to choose parties with clear positions on Brexit. Lemon Press sources, however, suggest such shockwaves did not make it to Heslington East.

Jim Fudge, the Activities Officer, is understood to be seeking a meeting with Guy Verhofstadt. Senior sources reveal Fudge hopes to be the next President of the European Commission. Friends claim that Fudge plans to continue his weekly Courtyard open meetings as President of the European Commission. Confidential plans suggest Fudge hopes to replace the Euro with Yoyo points.

Questions remain on how the EU elections achieved such a high turnout compared to the YUSU referendum, with a former leader of the anti-second-referendum side suggesting either Russian or Lancastrian influence in one, or both, of the polls.

— Henry Dyer