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More grist to Assange’s mill. https://www.globalresearch.ca/head-swedish-bar-association-condemns-handling-assange-case-uk-sweden-deplorable/5677741 It’s mainly a recognition of the flaws in any new Swedish extradition case against Assange, which his supporters have known about from the start. But it also bears on the crucial question of his … Continue reading →

We Brits living in Sweden have a number of very informative and useful Facebook groups devoted to us. Most of the conversations posted there lately have focussed on the impact of Brexit on us, and carry advice about applying for … Continue reading →

From today’s Guardian, by a Swedish author:  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/14/sweden-far-right-wartime-past?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0Jlc3RPZkd1YXJkaWFuT3BpbmlvblVLLTE5MDUxNA%3D%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=BestOfGuardianOpinionUK&CMP=opinionuk_email. This will be uncomfortable reading for many native Swedes, as it was for me as a ‘new Swede’; although, to be fair, I and most of my Swedish friends were already aware of … Continue reading →

Just three days now until re-entry to the toxic planet called Britain. I chose this time to return in order to be able to vote in the EU elections. As a dual national, I could vote here in Sweden, but … Continue reading →

So, Swedish prosecutors have decided to re-open the ‘rape’ case against Julian Assange: https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/swedish-prosecutors-reopen-inquiry-into-rape-allegation-against-julian-assange/ – from Dagens Nyheter, but in English. Does this mean he will be tried in Sweden? Who makes that decision? I must say I’m a little surprised, … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning a happy event occurred in my step- (in Swedish ‘bonus’-) family. I spread the news to my own children via  e-mail and text-messaging – but NOT on Facebook. Less than 24 hours later I received an email from … Continue reading →

How about a nice piece of music? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg9CBBd3vZ8 Wasn’t that splendid? I ‘discovered’ Joseph Martin Kraus long before I came to Sweden, and was surprised when I arrived here to discover how little he was known in his adopted country. … Continue reading →

Anyone who still thinks that we have a free press in Britain, in any meaningful sense, should watch this. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=604221586603881 It’s old, but telling. – In fact our press is about as ‘free’ as the Mafia was in 1920s America, … Continue reading →

‘Anti-semitism’ on the Left is an issue here in Sweden too. https://ledarsidorna.se/2019/05/socialdemokraterna-ansvarigt-for-ssus-antisemitism/ Again, it’s the Social Democrats’ sympathy for the Palestinians that appears to lie at the root of the charge.

Oh come off it! Fair’s fair. As much as I loathe and despise Nigel Farage, and willing as I am to believe he’s an anti-semite underneath, I can’t accept that this is proven by the words and opinions that are … Continue reading →