I’ve been a bit busy the last weeks, and in any case, after the dramas of the earlier parts of the year are past, it’s probably the best to change the schedule of these updates a bit. I will now try to stick to a bimonthly schedule. Anyway, it’s now about halfway through December, and here’s what’s been going on for the first half of the month, apart from the border closure (where the government very briefly opened the border again just to
Yes, Finance Minister Riikka Purra (of the nationalist Finns Party) obviously genuinely enjoys her job.
Some are still trying to talk of this as an aberration to the supposed former "leftist" line of the party, but I'd say that objectively speaking The Finns are now to the right of their coalition partners on both social and economic questions.
> ... the Finance Ministry threatening extra cuts for Chrismas.
Who's your finance minister, Grover Norquist?
> Literal cuts to the poorest, in other words.
Oh, my, your finance minister *is* Grover Norquist!
Yes, Finance Minister Riikka Purra (of the nationalist Finns Party) obviously genuinely enjoys her job.
Some are still trying to talk of this as an aberration to the supposed former "leftist" line of the party, but I'd say that objectively speaking The Finns are now to the right of their coalition partners on both social and economic questions.