Scandinavia Turns Left

Ballot to Talk About

This week's episode talks all things Scandinavia, looking back at the election results in last week’s Norwegian poll and looking ahead to next weekend’s Icelandic parliamentary elections. In Norway, Erna Solberg’s Conservative coalition was defeated and Jonas Gahr Støre looks set to replace her as Prime Minister, but with whom? The Socialist Left and Centre Party have already begun coalition talks with Labour, but can they put their differences aside? Is this a good result for Labour? And will Stoltenberg’s former Red-Green coalition re-emerge?

With one week to go until Iceland’s parliamentary election, Sam and Chern assess the main players and talk about what is likely to be a turbulent set of results. Katrin Jakobsdóttir is hoping to gain a second term as Prime Minister, but her coalition partners in the Independence Party and Progressive Party could well be eyeing up her position. How did such a broad coalition come about? Are the Progressive Party a true centrist party? What has gone wrong for the Social Democratic alliance since 2013? And why is Iceland a naturally right-leaning democracy? All these questions, and more, answered in this week's podcast.

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