The left is rising, and the far right is reeling. Will I finally see the Finland I dreamed of? | Mike Watson

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "The number one issue is health and social care," Koskela told me during her campaign.
54% : Perhaps, then, Finland has this to teach the rest of the world: that cuts to welfare and public spending are popular until they hit voters in their pockets; that genuinely progressive policies appeal to voters tired of austerity; and that there is value in standing up to tyrants.
48% : She is better known to many voters as "pikakahvimemegirl", an Instagram account with 40,000 followers that posts memes riffing drily about poverty, women's rights and public spending.
47% : It was dark and cold, and "the most rightwing government" the country has ever seen was working hard to slash public spending and immigration.

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