Politoblog

Dazed. Weary. Unsurprised. Britain has a new Prime Minister. Again.  Rishi Sunak is the UK’s first British Asian Prime Minister – unfortunately, that is about the only positive of his appointment. Sunak was Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister) under Boris Johnson. In my opinion, anyone who actively supported Boris Johnson, a lying, law-breaking and anti-democratic Prime Minister, can be painted with the same brush. As it happens, there is plenty of evidence to support that. As Chancellor, Sunak faced  several scandals . First, the  Greensill lobbying scandal  saw Sunak send private texts to former Prime Minister David Cameron to help him access finance for his firm. Secondly, Suank’s multi-millionaire wife, Akshata Murty, has  avoided  paying tens of millions of pounds in taxes through her non-dom status. There was also  speculation  that Sunak himself had kept a US Green Card until October 2021 in order to gain tax advantages. Finally, ...

Sweden just voted out its Social Democratic government in favour of a right-wing government propped up by the far-right Sweden Democrats. To anyone who follows Swedish politics, the results of this year’s elections were predictable. But who follows Swedish politics? I asked some of my friends how they feel. Disappointed, but not surprised. - August, 25, Stockholm I am very pleased and relieved, mostly for its symbolic nature, illustrating a change in the direction of Swedish politics. - Adam, 20, Salem, Moderates HATE it. - Astrid, 21, Stockholm, Left Party The Swedish Parties from C to V Swedish politics is largely party-centric, and the party system has historically been extremely stable. There are five traditional parties, split into two blocs. On the right are the Moderates (M), the Liberals (L) and the Centre Party (C). On the left, there are the Social Democrats (S) and the Left Party (V). The Social Democrats have dominated Swedish politics for most of its democratic history (b...