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[TD1]

Because the people in charge won't make it work.

FTFY.

There is at least one way to deliver nearly immediately upon the referendum result.

There have been a million opportunities to deliver it on a slightly longer timescale.

But what does one do with a recalcitrant House? Let it govern regardless, apparently, because said House won't allow a general election.

[scriver]

184 bomb deeds so far this year in Sweden.

Since iirc SvT (Swedish public television) isn't available outside in the world, here's an article with similar here's an article with similar statistics but from a few months ago.

184 bombings in 304 days. More than one bombing every other day.

[TD1]

Out of curiosity, is there any link to Sweden's immigration problem?

[scriver]

Yes, I would think so, but to my mind it's likely not related to any recent business like the 2015 crisis -- this is a long time coming, the result of ~20 years of failed integration politics. The bombings are likely perpetrated by people who's born here or has been here since childhood. These are criminals using bombs instead of knives or guns to get at other criminals, not terrorists, by the way. Still does plenty of terrorising of course, and bombs are a lot less discriminative in who they hit than knives or guns.

There's a part of me who sees the huge rise in explosive use in the last year and immediately think "returning ISIS members coming back with training at know-how", but that's me drawing conclusions that I have no idea how true they are. It's just the coincidence of the timing combined with the facts that Sweden had the some of the most ISIS joinups per capita in Europe and that the majority of people who left already had criminal records. But I can't stress enough how much hypothesising that is.

[Iduno]

Are grue attacks up in the UK or something?

[Naturegirl1999]

Are grue attacks up in the UK or something?

What does this have to do with grues?

[Reelya]

Are grue attacks up in the UK or something?

What does this have to do with grues?

grues live in darkness

and that advert is really pushing how much light there is, mentioning related terms about 5 times, and all the pictures are almost blindingly bright.

[Iduno]

Are grue attacks up in the UK or something?

What does this have to do with grues?

grues live in darkness

and that advert is really pushing how much light there is, mentioning related terms about 5 times, and all the pictures are almost blindingly bright.

And the ceilings are half lightbulbs, with outlets (I assume for lamps) every 5 inches on average.

[Naturegirl1999]

Ah

[Iduno]

I was passed out sick half the day yesterday, so today I'll wish a happy belated knock-off Bastille day to everyone in the UK.

[Kagus]

I was passed out sick half the day yesterday, so today I'll wish a happy belated knock-off Bastille day to everyone in the UK.

Hans is very happy for your celebration.

[Loud Whispers]

https://nyheteridag.se/iraqi-defense-minister-is-receiving-welfare-in-sweden-investigated-by-police/

I still don't know who's furthest down the memehole, sweden or uk. Maybe we can just share the #1 trophy as we ban spoons and set fire to our hospitals

[scriver]

I was initially cautious of that story because of the source, but yesterday it was confirmed by authorities and was all over the news. Yeah, it's true. He's also investigated on charges of war crime and was charged with harrassment/assault equivalent charges here in Sweden that was dropped, allegedly because of pressure put on the victim.

Yeah, he seems like a great dude, don't he.

[Kagus]

Isn't that the fellow who got into a spot of trouble recently by propositioning a 16-year-old boy for "I want to fuck you sex sex sex"?

[Iduno]

Isn't that the fellow who got into a spot of trouble recently by propositioning a 16-year-old boy for "I want to fuck you sex sex sex"?

Look, sure he sounds like a creep when you take that sentence out of context. But also if you take it with context.