The Week That Was, December 13th – 19th 2021:
Coronavirus/ What happened last week: Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced new restrictions, Friday, to slow the growth of the Omicron variant – all public venues such as cinemas, theatres and museums will remain…
Liberals will vote to exclude former colleague
With a final stab in the back, Inger Støjberg’s former Liberal Party (Venstre) colleagues have announced they will vote to exclude the former immigration minister from parliament. Following a meeting of MPs, Wednesday,…
Prime Minister deflects impeachment questions
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen denied yesterday there are similarities between the Minkgate affair and the Child Brides affair that led to a 60-day prison sentence for former immigration minister Inger Støjberg, Monday Some…
D-Day for Støjberg
Inger Støjbergs political future will be decided at 1pm today when the Court of Impeachment rules in the Child Brides affair. If the former immigration minister receives a prison sentence for knowingly breaking…
Voters want Støjberg to head DPP
If former hard-line immigration leader Inger Støjberg wants to become the new Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader the job is hers, according to BT’s political commentator Søs Marie Serup after a new YouGov…
Impeachment judges to rule on Islam critic
The Court of Impeachment will rule this morning as to whether well-known author and critic of Islam Ayaan Hirsi Ali should be allowed to testify, as demanded by former immigration minister Inger Støjberg…
What now Ellemann? Liberals facing election disaster as big names desert sinking ship
131,665 Liberal (Venstre) supporters at the last election voted for a politician who won’t even be on the ballot next time, creating a potential electoral disaster for under-pressure party leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen. The…
More problems for Liberals as ex-minister quits
The problems are mounting up for Liberal (Venstre) leader Jacob Elleman-Jensen who’s now lost another high-profile MP. Former education and research minister Tommy Ahlers, a self-made millionaire who was ‘headhunted’ to join the…
Anti-migrant party on the crest of a wave
The New Right continues to rise in popularity. The anti-migrant party, which narrowly entered parliament two years ago, has gained 9,200 paying members over the past 12 month and now has 15,200, the…
The Week That Was, February 8th – 14th 2021:
Coronavirus/ What happened last week: Kids up to and including 4th grade returned to school, Monday, the government’s first attempt at a cautious reopening – the schools closure since December 21st has cost…
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