Interested to see what Finnish public opinion is like on this. Polls around the time when Finland joined NATO showed 77% opposed to storage of nukes on Finnish soil.
Very worthwhile thread dispelling some of the narratives in UK press about Danish Soc Dems migration policy. It would be good if UK journos could engage with those who know a thing or two about Danish politics before writing the usual BS articles.
Frederiksen says โcooperation must respect current Danish nuclear policyโ. It might well be being considered, but both the PM and Defence Minister have made public comments like this.
Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said โ the โstrategic cooperation does not โinclude having nuclear weapons on Danish territory
Itโs incredible that, given these polls, there isnโt a serious conversation taking place in the UK about replacing FPTP. It is beyond contemptible when the *combined* Labour and Tory vote is only 32% that they hold 80% of seats in the Commons.
Iceland's Prime Minister Kristrรบn Frostadรณttir explains why Iceland want to join the European Union:
"Iceland has a lot to bring to the European Union"
"We've developed our resources in a positive way"
"We have a good welfare system"
"We have solid values"
"And we have respect for one another"
SF could be doing a lot of the heavy lifting here for Red Bloc
Will SF emerge the second largest party? Theyโve been polling that way for some time and got the Mayor of Copenhagen in November.
The Moderates have also benefited from the โGreenland effectโ. Both parties want some role in next govt, but unlikely both can together.
Logic is there - Soc Dems have poll boost with Red Bloc parties a majority. Interestingly, issue of wealth taxes could be part of the campaign (similar to Norwayโs election last year).
One graph which shows why Frederiksen has called an election
Mette Frederiksen has called a general election in Denmark for March 24th!
If Frostadรณttir can pull this off, itโll be quite the achievement.
In 2007, the combined FG and FF vote was near 70%. In recent times itโs been 40%.
Icelandโs referendum on resuming negotiations for EU membership could be held ahead of schedule, possibly August.
As the PM said, compared to 2009, Iceland is approaching these negotiations from a position of strength, rather than a post-crash economy.
The obsession with class in UK politics (and calling random things "middle class") is incredibly stupid. Not least because all evidence shows that social class today is no longer a predictor of how people vote.
Irony as well that just yesterday, Denmark provided an operation to evacuate a US submariner requiring urgent medical attention - by airlifting him to the hospital in Nuuk.
This one hits hard.
Response from Danish PM
There is a country where there are ยซmany people who are sick, and not being taken care ofยป but it sure as hell ainโt Greenland.
48% of Canadians in new poll support Canada becoming a member of the EU. Which seems an unlikely prospect, yet as article points out, Canada seemingly has a higher % in favour than does Norway (as if to underline the latters opposition).
Another great turnout in Glasgow for Finland film. Tx Gordon & Marcus from โฆโช@believeinscotโฌโฉ for organising. Musselburgh sold out on Thursday. Next week Dunfermline & Dundee plus 10 other screenings from Dumfries to Ullapool, Edin & Arran. Details lesleyriddoch.com/events
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
With PR, 3-4 parties here would end with roughly same number of seats. Under FPTP? God knows, but it would leave millions without representation.
Having the separate (and much more expensive) Flytoget never made a great deal of sense. Journey time is basically same as the Vy trains, calls at same stations. More regular departures sure, but price means most take Vy anyway (so not most efficient). Integration seems sensible.
Faroe Islands, Spyr poll:
Parliament election
A (~EPP): 37% (+4)
B (~RE): 22% (+3)
E (~LEFT): 17% (-1)
C (S&D): 12% (-3)
H (~RE): 5% (+1)
F (~RE): 4% (-4)
D (~RE): 3%
+/- vs. 3 November 2025
Fieldwork: 03 February 2026
Sample size: 500
โค europeelects.eu/faroe-islands
Iceland, Gallup poll:
S-S&D: 31%
M~ECR: 21% (-1)
D-EPP: 17%
C-RE: 11%
B~RE: 5%
F~S&D: 5% (-1)
P-G/EFA: 3%
V~LEFT: 3% (-1)
J-*: 2%
+/- vs. December 2025
Fieldwork: January 2025
โค europeelects.eu/iceland
Glad to see some of Britain's leading scholars of democracy, politics, elections, and the law putting their names to this open letter to the UK Government warning of the growing dangers of keeping First Past The Post in place. I wholeheartedly agree with them.
Itโs been heck of a month in the normally humdrum world of Norwegian politics.
Itโs the voting system. Those 3 or 4 different parties will each win seats in the Storting. No voting for โthe lesser of evilsโ - folk will get representation for how they want to vote.
FPTP in UK instead leads to factions in parties fighting for representation by asserting dominance from within.
I'm glad we have more parties to choose from in Norwegian elections.
UK Labour as a single party doesn't really make sense to me. I think it probably encompasses three or four different parties in the Norwegian parliament โ some of which I've voted for, and some I'd never even consider.
