Members of the European Parliament have voted to ban the use of bots to mass-purchase tickets for sporting and entertainment events.

BRIAN Crowley, MEP, emerged as Europe’s most popular and improbable liberal in recent European Parliament elections. Among the minority of countries where European Parliament members are elected by constituency, as distinct from a list system or a combination of both, Crowley amassed more votes than any other ‘liberal’.

Britain’s Conservative MEPs will be part of a new 55-strong “anti-federalist” political group in the European Parliament, it was announced today.