today: elections in Greece

[Gustaf]

Papandreaou hsa lived in Sweden and speaks excellent Swedish...that's pretty much the extent of my knowledge of Greek politics...

He seems a little too pro-EU though.

[Gustaf]

Is in Papandreaou who was born in Minnesota?

I'm not sure, he's lived in the US though. As well as in Sweden.

[Gustaf]

Tweedle-Dum have beaten Tweedle-Dee by 5% (BBC)

What? WHAT?

[Gustaf]

Tweedle Dum (ND) have beaten Tweedle Dee (PASOK) by about 5%
Both parties platforms were identical.

Oh, no Papandreaou then...

[Gustaf]

In Greece politics has degenerated into a dynastic squabble... a Papandreaou will probably win in a few years time, followed by a Karamanlis... and so on.

Lol, yeah, i guess so...

[Gustaf]

Hooray for Karamanlis and New Democracy!!!  The conservative revolution in Europe continues!  Next stop, Sweden? *pokes Gustaf*

That would be nice...but I wouldn't bet on it. The Swedish Conservatives have now moved so far left that it's embarassing even for us...

Even if they win the next election there will be no conservative revolution.

[Gustaf]

The only difference between PASOK and ND is that ND admit to being conservatives...

The only difference between the SAP and the M in Sweden is that the SAP admit to being social democrats...well, maybe not even that soon enough...

[Gustaf]

There's a lot of people who like Belgium here...

[Gustaf]

There's a lot of people who like Belgium here...

If you like chocolate, moulds-frites, football, tennis and socialism (or Welfare state), you will like my country!

I like the working man's chocolate, Belgian chocolate is fancy but it doesn't beat the good ole Swedish Marabou...

I don't really like French Fries, actually, I don't like socialism and I don't see what Belgium has to do with football...but tennis, I have to give you that.

[Gustaf]

There's a lot of people who like Belgium here...

If you like chocolate, moulds-frites, football, tennis and socialism (or Welfare state), you will like my country!

I like the working man's chocolate, Belgian chocolate is fancy but it doesn't beat the good ole Swedish Marabou...

I don't really like French Fries, actually, I don't like socialism and I don't see what Belgium has to do with football...but tennis, I have to give you that.

sacrilege!;) Football is the number one sport in Belgium. Belgium was semi-finalist in 1986 world cup and better than France in 2002.

Everyone was better than France in 2002... Sweden has a better record than that in the world cup but I don't talk of Sweden as football nation just b/c of that...