Helen Pidd

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3,798 appearances 36 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 3d ago

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Today in Focus · The fight to save Sweden’s soul from the far right · 17 Sep 2026 podcast

At the time we're recording this, it does look like the left-leading opposition bloc, led by Magdalena Anderson's Social Democrats, have won the most seats, albeit very narrowly. voice-verified

So with about ninety five percent of votes counted, they are just thirty three thousand votes ahead with a three seat majority over the right wing alliance that has been in charge for the past four years. voice-verified

Now the final result isn't expected until Thursday, but assuming that these preliminary results are correct, why do you think that the left won? voice-verified

polls, right? voice-verified

resounding one, yeah. voice-verified

And in terms of the Sweden Democrats, the far right party, it looks as though they've lost at least eleven seats. voice-verified

Their vote share has dropped from twenty point five percent to seventeen point six percent of the vote, which is their worst decline. voice-verified

And that that is the only decline that they've actually seen since they entered parliament in twenty ten. voice-verified

Why do you think their vote seems to have fallen? voice-verified

And what do you think that the Sweden Democrats will take from this defeat? voice-verified

Do you think they're gonna conclude, ha, right, okay, we are out of step with the next generation of Swedes? voice-verified

Or do you think they'll dust themselves off and think, do you know what? voice-verified

We should go even further to the right. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

Maybe it's the proximity to government. voice-verified

They might not have been officially in government, but maybe the proximity to government. voice-verified

Mm. voice-verified

And a assuming that the left are able to form a government, that Magdalena Anderson can cobble together a coalition between the Greens, the left parties, and her party, can we expect a return to the generous humanitarian open well, not open door, but the the generous immigration policies of previous times? voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

And and finally, you know, there'll be leftist parties all around Europe, maybe beyond Europe, looking over at Sweden thinking, Oh voice-verified

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