JOHAN HAKELIUS: Good luck, Anders Tegnell.

In some strange way, this man without power starts the nation like an old two-stroke engine. People love it and hate it. What you write doesn’t matter, everyone gets angry.

But despite that: do you think you really understand what awaits you?

After all, politics is a fairly separate industry. In most other industries, it is easier to try to find solutions that benefit everyone. Not in politics. Partly because of the inflated truth that politics is a zero-sum game. If one wins, another must lose. There are only 349 seats in the Riksdag, only 21 Swedish EU MPs, by definition there cannot be multiple “strongmen” in a municipality.

Anyone running good errands can easily excuse nasty tricks.

But there are more reasons why politics is conflict-oriented. Conflict is the easiest way to make yourself known to voters, just as it is the easiest way for columnists to attract readers. Furthermore, politicians are often convinced that they are doing something particularly good. They do not fight for their own benefit, but for important principles, for the weak, for truth and democracy, or for the survival of the nation and against the decline of morality.

Anyone running good errands can easily excuse nasty tricks.

I don’t know what Anders Tegnell’s proposals are in this regard. But we’ll find out soon.

This week, the Crown Commission presented a partial report. It was about the failure in caring for the elderly and the government began to rush to make the iron steps shine.

A bit strange was that the Minister of Social Affairs, Lena Hallengren, took on the role of leading the presentation of the review. It wasn’t just about how she handled her homework herself. But it showed how delicate the matter was. And the opposition confirmed it. He had calculated the matter and concluded that now, somewhere, is the time to break the consensus and produce the piano thread.

It’s difficult, things like that. Political skill requires both support and leadership thoughts, but at exactly the right time.

“Does Löfven think he has the best people managing this job?” Asked Ebba Busch. “Of course, the ultimate responsibility rests with Prime Minister Stefan Löfven,” explained Jimmie Åkesson. “Why has the government during this term given priority to reducing the protection tax instead of investing in the care of the elderly?” Asked Nooshi Dadgostar. “It is a major deficiency and ultimately a failure of the government,” said Anders W Jonsson of the Center. “The government has not taken on the responsibility that it should have,” added Ulf Kristersson.

It’s difficult, things like that. Political skill requires both support and leadership thoughts, but at exactly the right time.

Whatever it was, it was very clear where we were going. A track:

Another piece of news this week was that archaeologists have found a tower of 119 skulls in Mexico City. The Aztecs built it 500 years ago, probably to appease the terrible god Huitzilopochtli.

Surely it is still nice, many breathed, that we no longer dedicate ourselves to human sacrifice.

So isn’t it?

What do you do to appease the terrible gods Dagens Nyheter and Expressen? What do you do to appease the terrifying god “the electorate”? What do you do to show that you have pinches at least as hard as the attacking opponent? What do you do to save yourself?

Right. Good luck, Anders Tegnell.

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