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1. sazius on Mayfirst (saziusmayfirst@social.mayfirst.org)'s status on Friday, 09-Oct-2015 19:30:34 UTC sazius on Mayfirst
   Some good political news from Finland, right-wing populist party's support dropping exceptionally fast: http://yle.fi/uutiset/yle_poll_shows_steep_drop_in_finns_party_support/8365117
   
   Most seem to have moved to the social democrats, so I think the main reason is the government's hard line towards workers and poor people, not the immigrant policy of the government (which is what the article implies).
   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) repeated this.
   • sazius on Mayfirst (saziusmayfirst@social.mayfirst.org)'s status on Saturday, 10-Oct-2015 04:58:10 UTC sazius on Mayfirst

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     • Andrew Conway
     @mcnalu Not going to happen to the conservatives (at least here), since that's what their voters want. But part of the attraction of the right-wing populists here was that they were seen as standing up for the poor and working class, and they took a lot of votes from the social democrats. Now that they are in government it is becoming painfully obvious that this isn't true. (As if their leader idolising Margaret Thatcher wasn't a good enough indication...)
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   • sazius on Mayfirst (saziusmayfirst@social.mayfirst.org)'s status on Monday, 12-Oct-2015 17:01:27 UTC sazius on Mayfirst

     • Andrew Conway
     @mcnalu Yeah, the government-is-like-a-household myth is strong here too, unfortunately. Not sure what to do about that, since it seems very strongly rooted in people, since it feels "intuitively" correct. (Even among quite well educated people...)