Meanwhile in Sweden

Meanwhile in Sweden#32142

By Watchman - Mon Sep 12, 2022 1:35 pm

- Mon Sep 12, 2022 1:35 pm #32142

A situation that one may have to keep an eye on

Swedish election: far right makes gains but overall result on knife-edge
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... SApp_Other

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Well, I don't know, but I've been told
You never slow down, you never grow old
I'm tired of screwin' up, tired of going down
Tired of myself, tired of this town

Re: Meanwhile in Sweden#32170

By Arrowhead - Tue Sep 13, 2022 3:24 pm

- Tue Sep 13, 2022 3:24 pm #32170

Watchman wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 1:35 pm A situation that one may have to keep an eye on

Swedish election: far right makes gains but overall result on knife-edge
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... SApp_Other

Looks like the rest of the votes are due to be counted tomorrow (Wednesday). Incredible to think that overseas votes could ultimately swing it.

Re: Meanwhile in Sweden#32175

By Bones McCoy - Tue Sep 13, 2022 5:02 pm

- Tue Sep 13, 2022 5:02 pm #32175

Arrowhead wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 3:24 pm
Watchman wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 1:35 pm A situation that one may have to keep an eye on

Swedish election: far right makes gains but overall result on knife-edge
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... SApp_Other
Looks like the rest of the votes are due to be counted tomorrow (Wednesday). Incredible to think that overseas votes could ultimately swing it.

Another potential "Stolen Election" myth.

We wuz winning and then they counted all the Libs votes.

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Re: Meanwhile in Sweden#32194

By Tubby Isaacs - Tue Sep 13, 2022 7:33 pm

- Tue Sep 13, 2022 7:33 pm #32194

Perception among many in Sweden is that it all went to shit after Syrian refugees were admitted. But the murder rate (which I always take as the best indicator of violent crime) doesn't really bear that out. Refugees, as I understand it, surged in 2015. That's the year that the murder rate started rising, but it's surely too soon for the Syrians to have had that big an effect. Since then, it's not changed very much at all. Though doubtless the Sweden Democrats have done very well out of Syrian refugees.

Re: Meanwhile in Sweden#102720

By Tubby Isaacs - Thu Jan 01, 2026 11:42 am

- Thu Jan 01, 2026 11:42 am #102720

Well, we've got a few more years of data now. The Syrian refugees must surely have turned Sweden into Detroit by now, right? Um, no. Perhaps an outlier, but murder rate now lower than all but one year since 1969.

Where's that Peter Sweden guy? Maybe he's moved to the US where he's doing a tour of the states with worse murder rates. Which is all of them. Even Maine, with the oldest US population, and being very rural has a murder rate over twice as high.