But they don't want to listen. Their overriding concern is to avoid an election that would give the one and only opposition party even more seats in Riksdagen. In this endeavor the most inept government in living memory is aided and abetted by the parties of the former alliance, who have shown an astounding willingness to compromise their principles and abandon their policies.

Third-grade arithmetic is not something Swedish media get either. Last week TV reported a year-on-year increase in human traffic cases from 14 to 98. An accompanying bar graph was labeled "+700%". Yeah, right!

Johan