Finland

Not really, I don't follow Politics. Pirkko is the one who has had her nose glued to the telly these past few days. When I walk through the living room and past the TV I just say they should all be hanged or shot - all these politicians are after is easy money - has even one of them done an honest day's work? As for the elections, we all know what Stalin said about it's not who you vote for, it's who's counting the votes that counts!

And these days, just because you don't want your kids to be raped by military-age migrants who have poured over the borders of Russia and Sweden, you are deemed 'hard right'. The 'Finns party' to which you refer is 'Perus Suomalaiset' = 'basic/standard Finns'. Timo Soini and Jussi Halli-Aho were the leaders a few years ago, Soini became a turncoat and ran off, presumably in pursuit of more money and a cushy job at the EU or somesuch. I have seen Halla-Aho speaking on TV, he seems like a decent chap, and Pirkko likes him too - he seems to be a rarity, an honest politician. Hence the mud-slinging. Halla-Aho wants immigration to be for genuine cases, not for scroungers to come over by train and bus from Sweden and just lounge around living off State benefits. Finland is full of Ali Babas and Africans who have come here and claim they seek refuge - and when it's deemed they're not genuine (and how funny they have all lost their papers but managed to retain the latest iPhone) and are to be deported, they make applications to have the decision overturned, or just 'disappear' and the useless Police "can't find them."

Some politicians are making money out of this, owning refugee centres towards which the State has to pay for the upkeep of these incomers. 'Refugees' are good for business!

Finland doesn't really have the money to support half of Africa and the Middle East. A junior school I drive past (dumping kids as I go past) is closing after May because 'savings must be made'. And an adult passenger who travelled on my bus this afternoon said he was in Helsinki last week and Helsinki railway station is 'half Arabs half Africans'. I was myself in eastern Helsinki's shopping centre a couple of months ago, and it's clearly 50% foreigners. It's a big change all of a sudden for Finland. I don't know what it's all about - trying to emulate Sweden?

Where we live, it's pretty much 'white Finns' with a few Thais and Baltic countries citizens doing menial jobs, working in restaurants and garden nurseries. As soon as you go to the nearest town, Kokkola, there are signs up asking people to vote for a Somali (Faisa Egge).

I do wonder when the Estonians are going to start replacing Finnish bus drivers up here. Worsening working conditions, and pay cuts? -they'll say nothing! I've seen it in Helsinki when I worked there.

I have the feeling Finns bend over backwards to accommodate Russia, I see Russian railway wagons thundering through Kannus every day - and I bet the Russkies don't pay for that service. They certainly don't pay their parking fines in Finland, and the Finnish traffic wardens don't chase them up. Russia has nuclear weapons - Finland doesn't. Finns claim they are independent, but are always looking at what Sweden does and copying it.

Until just recently, Finnish politicians had an agreed pension of 5000 Euros/month for when they left Parliament - for doing absolutely nothing! Nice 'work' if you can get it, eh?

Also, the recent crop of politicians have sold most of the country to foreign companies. All the mining companies are foreign. Not sure what Finns own any more - all the family silver has been sold.


  Jussi Halla-Aho, seems sensible and honest, but is, apparently, branded as 'far right' by the.... err... 'far left'!

Ignore Jim's comments which usually follow, about me being a job- and wife-stealing migrant.  Look at this way - someone is England has 'my job' and 'my wife' over there!

Nah, Mr Stabby is sorted already
Phil

Maybe she’s had a bad patch then....

Everyone goes through a bad patch from time to time.