Published 31 December 2022 at 20.50
Domestic. After two years with mouth guards and curfews, we hoped that the world's politicians had had enough of tormenting their subjects for a while. Well, we got it. Now there is going to be a war, namely, and of course our leaders themselves do not intend to contribute more than the occasional involuntary joke. Here are the most embarrassing PK moments of the year.
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Ulf Kristersson tries to be popular
Ulf Kristersson brushes his teeth. Stops spontaneously and pet a cute little dog on the street. Smiling broadly as he leans down on a cow. Eating a slice of pizza and downing beer straight from the bottle. Showing off a hot dog with bread in front of a gas station. Eating at McDonald's. Just like any Svenne Banan.
“Cringe” was one of the most common terms to describe the pictures of himself that the future prime minister posted on Instagram during the election campaign.
“There is nothing more difficult than trying to give Ulf Kristersson a popular image” , stated environmentalist Axel Hallberg.
Sabuni drives to Norway< br>Nyamko Sabuni was a driving force in expanding conscription, but still the clip says more about career politicians in general than about her in particular. Don't forget that Ulf Kristersson is also in the clip, which was posted by the Liberals themselves without anyone in the room reacting. In other words, this is how the talk goes within the elite, and it is actually both interesting and – very embarrassing.
Kremlin son refuses to conform
It is not only on our side of the Baltic Sea that the authorities see war as the problem of their subjects. When Nikolay Peskov, son of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, was called by a prankster who claimed to be calling from the military and demanding duty, the high-ranking son immediately began to squirm and refused to appear. We unfortunately don't have a clip of this, but The Sun has a summary.
Is every other politician motherfucker?
2022 was the year when the media took a look at how politicians actually live and it turned out that half of the Riksdag was written at mom's house. Tax committee chairman Jörgen Hellman (S) was written in a cabin without a toilet and Helena Bouveng (M) somewhere outside in Tjottahejti, even though she owns a house in Värmdö. Yesterday the SD politician Martin Inglot was charged for the same thing, and that was good, but it would be even better if M and S leaders also risked prosecution when they commit fraud in the million range.
Zelenskyjs Nazi coup in Hellas
Never before has a group of left-wing extremists sat so quietly and politely listening to a Nazi lecture as when Volodymyr Zelenskyi gave a speech in the Greek parliament. The Ukrainian leader quickly handed over the floor to a Greek neo-Nazi militant from the Azov Battalion, who had to hold the box in front of a dumbfounded home audience. Even the semi-communists from Syriza sat quietly and politely and listened, but were moderately amused afterwards.
“This is a historical embarrassment. Solidarity with the people of Ukraine is a matter of course. But the Nazis cannot have a say in parliament”, stated left-wing leader Alexis Tsipras in a comment after the coup.
George W. Bush's misstatement
Yes, we know. We should stop harping on war and misery now. But that's easier said than done when politicians did little else during the year than deliver statements about this war – some less successful than others.
George W Bush: "It was one man's decision to launch a completely unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq… I mean Ukraine." pic.twitter.com/IYcj7xewQP
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