Two big things, and now (s)chool policy

Two big things have happened in my life recently; I have bought an apartment with my girlfriend and I have been on a great vacation to Argentina and Uruguay with two friends from the US (the highlight was my very good friend Lukas’ wedding). That explains the lack of blogging for a while.

However, this weekend the social democratic party has a big gathering about school policy in Stockholm. I am there of course, blogging at www.aip.nu. See you there, all Swedish-speakers.

The comeback kids (and our budget)

I just read one of those articles that reminds me why The Economist is a very good magazine. Read their Clinton special here. And don’t miss Torbjörn Nilsson’s article about Sweden’s left party in Fokus this week.

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The Swedish Social Democratic party presented their alternative to the government’s budget today. When it comes to policy I liked it; a lot of stuff to promote jobs and growth, and a necessary tax reduction for retired people (so far, all tax cuts have gone to working people, leaving old people behind). However, I think the presentation of our budget could have been more focused, even I cannot really understand what the number one priority is.

My editorial about this, that will be published in Aktuellt i Politiken on Monday, is already on the web.