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Finland's 'rock star' PM Sanna Marin looks set to LOSE Sunday's general election
2023-04-01
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Finnish politics could dramatically shift to the far-Right on Sunday as an anti-immigration party aims to replace Sanna Marin's Social Democrats Party.

The 'rock star' prime minister, who took office in 2019 as the world's youngest PM at 34, has proved to become one of Finland's most popular leaders, polls show.

However,
some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go...
 latest figures put the mother-of-one's centre-Left SDP in third place behind the anti-immigration and nationalist Finns Party and the centre-Right National Coalition Party, which held on to a thin lead.

'It is a very exciting situation and it's hard to say at the moment which party will be the biggest on election day,' Tuomo Turja of the polling firm Taloustutkimus told AFP.

A win for the far-Right Finns Party, and a far-Right prime minister, would be a first in Finland - but the party has previously served in government in a coalition. It currently looks set to top its record 19 per cent from the 2011 election.

Posted by:Fred

#10  ...before that thing Conchita Wurst, of course.

@#1&4 - And for a guy on the 'right', he's always a "strong man".
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-04-01 20:24  

#9  I seem to remember a Finnish heavy metal band won EuroVision some years ago.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-04-01 20:21  

#8  M. Murcek - nice call. Keep 'em coming!
Posted by: Raj   2023-04-01 18:09  

#7  #1 Rex Mundi nailed it.
Posted by: Tom   2023-04-01 12:39  

#6  ^ Good stuff, Raj. Listen to Dream Theater too.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-04-01 12:08  

#5  I'll take Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force instead, thank you very much.
Posted by: Raj   2023-04-01 12:01  

#4  "Rising star" is my favorite thing to read about any leftist.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-04-01 11:52  

#3  Wonder what its like to be the third wheel.

I know, let's ask her husband.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-04-01 11:52  

#2  Seems like Finland would not be a desirable destination for African migrants.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-04-01 11:49  

#1  Only lefty pols are ever described as "rockstar", and is a sure sign of inexperience and incompetence.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2023-04-01 11:47  

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