Jacob Christensen

Expressen’s journalists and editors prove that a) it is silly season and b) they have no clue whatsoever about Riksdagen’s role in Swedish politics.

Could somebody please send them on a brush-up course in Swedish Politics? Just a really basic introduction would be a major improvement.

If, like me, you are into classical cartoons of the slightly destructive kind – Donald Duck at his most choleric, Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny, etc, etc. – you will find these images either intriguing or possibly disturbing.

Or maybe you will find that they answer the question: I wonder how these creatures would look like, if…

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To all of this, all I can say is: Meep meep. Or Beeb beep.

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