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I've recently come back from a short holiday in Stockholm. I'm not going to post about everything I did and saw there, but will note some highlights and things I noticed on my first visit to Sweden.
Ever since the 1936 publication of Marquis Child's "The Middle Way", Sweden has enjoyed a special place in the hearts and minds of anglophone social democrats.
I'm aware that Childs might have given an idealized portrait of Sweden, and I am also aware that Sweden is not now and never has been an egalitarian collectivist paradise. Most painfully of all, I am aware that, recent election results notwithstanding, the far right has made significant gains in Swedish society and that neoliberal thinking has permeated areas such as the provision and management of schools.
Nevertheless, I was still curious to see Sweden for myself, even though I was non holiday rather than on an investigative mission or study trip.
#Sweden #MarquisChilds #SwedenTheMiddleWay #SocialDemocracy
What We Should Learn From Nordic Happiness
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/opinion/norway-nordic-social-democracy.html
#SocialDemocracy #Nordic #Happiness
How to stop the popularity of One Nation and reduce the impact Hanson's so-called policies?
Look at history.
One Nation almost disappeared during the resources boom in Australia. Why? Because people were happy. Now, people are discontented, struggling with everyday living.
Reform social support so that it actually supports society and not the wealthy and parties like One Nation, built entirely on hate for the "other", will fade into nothingness again.
#Politics
#AusPol #Australia #SocialDemocracy #PHON #OneNation
Less than two years after a landslide, Labour lost 1,300 local officials in a single night. Reform took 25%. Seven parties carved up the rest. The center-left is not losing because it lacks message — it is losing because it forgot who it was built for. The full breakdown, with the Druid grounding work to read it through:https://twp.ai/9OVuis #UKPolitics #LabourParty #CenterLeft #Politics #Election2026 #Reform #Farage #Democracy #SocialDemocracy #PoliticalAnalysis
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