Denmark has had elections. I have a nice picture of the Danish flag, which due to the incompetence of Google I am unable to show you. Anyhow it is a white cross a little left of centre on a red background.
The election result is difficult so follow me carefully here.
The largest party in the Folketing (parliament), which had a slight increase in its support, will no longer form the government. That will be done by Helle Thorning-Schmidt, whose party, the Social Democrats, had their worst result for 100 years. Such are the vagaries of the proportional representation system, which the poor loves fondly believe is democracy. Still nobody knows exactly what government policy is, because they are in a huddle working out their coalition. Anyway, Ms Thorning-Schmidt is what they have got.
Known as Gucci Helle for her posh clothing, Ms T-S is the daughter-in-law of Neil Kinnock, the former British Labour leader, whose nickname was ‘the Welsh Windbag’. Her solution to Denmark’s problems, quite original given what is going on in Europe, is more government spending.
Poor Denmark.
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