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Interesting.
My Danish friend Henrik finds the current government to be laughably out of touch with the current trend of Danish opinion. It's a point that we discuss often, as it matters to us both.
I have only his perception FWIW.

"There is mysterious music in democracy, when people decide to believe in themselves." ---Bill Greider, The Nation.
by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 12:30:46 PM EST
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Yes and no. They're kinda like McCain on the environment. They are paying lip service to environmentalism. They are doing a lot of greenwashing.

Of course this is laughable if you actually take the time to look at the facts - or even if you have a memory that stretches farther back than about two years. And if the public ever had a good, hard look at their environmental policies, I think that Henrik is right - they would find themselves alienating rather a big chunk of the voters.

But they are very, very good at greenwashing and camouflage. And nobody ever lost an election by underestimating the half-life of public memory.

- Jake

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 05:04:13 PM EST
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