Sweden is a depressed country today. Having the racist party Sweden Democrats in the parliament isn't something to be proud of, and there have been several anti-racist demonstrations happening all over the country. Media is discussing what coalitions might be possible, and there have been press conferences from the Green Party and from others. I'm ( Read more... )

Yeah, not very surprising after all the polls, but still bloody depressing. The Conservatives will probably continue governing even if there are some questions about the new role of the awful Sverige Demokraterna who got 20 seats in the riksdag and possibly could create some havoc of they wanted.  And even if they deny it there might be some ( Read more... )

Gorgeous autumn day today, and I'm considering passing by the last-day-before-the-elections thing on Götaplatsen where all the three opposition party leaders will speak. Not sure I'm up for more political drama though. Will meet brother for a coffee first though.

I also read this article in the Guardian on the Swedish elections, even if it felt ( Read more... )

Wet and windy Gothenburg session this time. The weather has really turned autumnal, and I'm rather enjoying it. Dad has been so-so, but we're coping somehow. I was glad to be back since it was almost a month since last time. I'm heading out to find some nice meat for a Boeuf Bourguignan, since a good stew seems to be the essence of autumnal food ( Read more... )

So I go off to my spinning class, and when I come back Cameron is Britain's new PM? Hm, scary. Well, I suppose it's good that they finally decided on what to do, but I wonder how it will turn out.

I guess I should post the Guardian's story on the Swedish election results.It can be found here. Bloody depressing. And the worst thing is that in the short term I personally will gain from their win. When I finally sell my apartment next year they will have abolished some of the tax on property. Yay - not. Small gains for nothing. Four years of ( Read more... )

Fredrik Reinfeldt just declared himself winner. I worry about the next four years.

http://www.val.se/

So it goes.

It looks pretty bad. The Conservative party got more than 26% in the on-election-site poll. The Alliance might actually win. The other Alliance parties haven't done as well, but that doesn't matter. the Social democrats went back over 5% from last time, and the Left lost pretty much too. The Green Party actually did 2% better than last time. Still ( Read more... )

Latest news from the campaign can be found here. Jane Fonda has arrived in Stockholm and will help out during the last couple of days of campaigning. Good of her.

And there is a Spanish blog in English that follows the election campaign. Pretty interesting stuff ( Read more... )

I am getting rather worried about the results of our General Election on Sunday. The race is so very, very evan at the moment. It has been a very boring campaign, Sweden is too stable at the moment to have any really pressing questions to fight about. And the media refuses to write about the Feminist Party and their goals, so it is most possible ( Read more... )