Denmark Parliamentary Election - June 18, 2015

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The latest poll before the election which Jens referred to:

Which one is DPP? The O?

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Eek... would Venstre actually have them in a coalition?

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And this one from Glistrup from the Progress Party



The impressive part is that he died in 2008, and the party has run in national campaigns since 2001

http://jyllands-posten.dk/politik/ECE7741217/Ahva%3F+Se+valgkampens+mest+overraskende+valgplakater/

Now he reminds me of someone... Svend Åge Saltum from Borgen. From what I've read the resemblance is quite intentional.

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(Bloomberg) -- Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s Social Democrat-led bloc leads opposition 50.5% to 49.1%, according to Voxmeter poll published by Ritzau.

OK, how accurate do Danish polls tend to be? Because Stephen Kinnock's missus i.e. the Danish PM was fully present for a blow-up just under a month ago.

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50/50 and Christian surge?

Which of course could mean that the right win by 10%...

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Well, we shall see how it turns out.

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A shame that the Red Bloc appears to have lost and DPP have done so well, but it won't be easy for Venstre to govern, so that's a small blessing.

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Would the other right wing parties back a DPP government.

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So despite topping the poll and increasing her vote share, she ends up resigning. That seems non-sensical to me.

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Failing to do that makes HTS a failure

That wasn't exactly her fault -  it was Radikale and SF who lost 18 seats between them.

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Today the new members of Parliament signed the Constitution. In the picture, it is the youngest member of the new Parliament, 21-year-old Tilde Bork from DPP, who signs it in front of a picture of the 1915 constitutional convention.

I've seen this picture before on my tour of Christansborg; although I wonder who the bloke is who is looking in a different direction to everyone else.

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For the first time in three decades the number of manual workers (incl. office workers) increased in the new Folketing - from 14% to 18,4%:

DPP 18 of 37
Red Greens 6 of 14
SD 6 of 47

Libs, Cons and SPP have 1 each
LA, The Alternative and Radikale (unsurprisingly) have none

http://www.ugebreveta4.dk/hvert-femte-nyvalgte-folketingsmedlem-er-arbejder_20123.aspx

What would be the equivalent stats for the UK House of Commons?