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Denmark Articles

Danish lessons

While Oldham West and Royton was voting – so overwhelmingly Labour – on 3 December, another vote was taking place not far away which may also have important consequences for the future of British politics. This vote was a referendum in Denmark on closer European...

State of the left

Reformist social democrats offer a glimmer of hope for the left in Europe, writes Michael McTernan In April this year, the Financial Times’ Tony Barber observed that the flag of modern social democracy flies again in Europe. He was referring to a new generation of...

Left out in the cold

Scandinavian social democrats have not been immune to the woes of the European centre-left, reports Michael McTernan IT may come as a surprise to some that Scandinavia has not been a haven for social democracy at a time when Europe’s political map has been littered...

Cold as ice

Like the Danes, Brits like their political drama dark and brooding A generation of political geeks are in thrall to Borgen. When Sidse Babett Knudsen, the actor who plays Moderate party prime minister Birgitte Nyborg, came to London, she was feted like a Hollywood...
Mary, Mary?

Mary, Mary?

A scandal can break a politician’s reputation. But in opposition a good scandal can be the making of them. So it has...

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