The former Prime Minister also failed to grasp that Merkel was not going to do anything very much for him.
The Social Democrats barely saw their vote rise – but now they’re in government, thanks to a surge for an anti-immigration party they oppose.
In yesterday's Swedish elections the centre right Alliance won 49.3% of votes; the centre left bloc led by the once all-dominant Social Democrats won 43.6%; but the new anti-immigration Swedish Democrats won 5.7%. As with the performance of Geert Wilders in Holland, the mainstream right has been denied a majority by the strong showing of […]