Hard left wins voters from government partners
The Red/Green Alliance continues to grab disillusioned voters from its left-wing allies, the Social Democrats and Socialist People’s Party (SPP). A new Megafon poll for Politiken and TV2 gives the far-left party 9.2…
MoreSPP defends Søvndal
Berlingske’s leading political analyst, Thomas Larsen, has been dismissed as nothing more than a ‘messenger boy’ for the Liberals after he claimed in a recent op-ed piece that Socialist People’s Party (SPP) leader…
MoreChristiania cannabis dealers jailed
Six drug dealers have been found guilty of selling cannabis from a stall on Christiania’s notorious Pusher Street. The ring leader was given a three and a half year prison sentence while five…
MoreLøkke’s academy
Former Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has set up the ‘Løkke Foundation’, with the aim of running an academy for young boys with learning disabilities. The new initiative, independent of Mr Rasmussen’s Liberal…
MoreUp to 40,000 illegal immigrants in Denmark
The number of illegal aliens residing in Denmark has risen drastically. The police estimate that between 20-40,000 people could be living here under false pretences, armed with false or ‘rented’ ID’s. A spokesman…
MoreMore losses for banking sector
40 per cent of all banks in this country were running at a loss in 2011, twice as many as the previous year, a review of accounts by Jyllands-Posten shows. Bank expert Thomas…
MoreUnemployment up again
After signs that the unemployment rate had stabilised, and even fallen in some regions, the latest figures from Statistics Denmark show that things are still heading in the wrong direction. 3,000 more joined…
MoreProperty tax counter threat from the right
The Liberals and Danish People’s Party (DPP) have rejected any possibility of joining tax reform negotiations that would increase the tax burden on homeowners. In response to Socialist People’s Party (SPP) threats that…
MoreFar left calls for more socialist policies
Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen, titular head of the far-left Red/Green Alliance, the government’s guarantor of a political majority, has demanded more left-wing politics from the government. She urged the two ‘red’ partners, the Social Democrats…
MoreSocialists target home-owners
The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) is determined to stamp its mark on upcoming tax reform negotiations by demanding an increase in property taxes, a move that will test the household finances of over…
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