I'm not sure whether the news have travelled outside Sweden - we had an election in September, and a conservative coalition is now in power, having relieved the cocky, and in the eyes of the public, complacent social democrats of their duties. However, the new "PM", Reinfeldt, was in for a number of surprises which were unveiled this week;
- Two Ministers (Trade and Culture) hired non-declared nannies in the 1990s
- Several Ministers have refrained from paying TV licence for the last oh, 15 or so years(Trade, Culture (i.e. the head of public radio and tv channels!!!), Migration and Infrastructure), and only owned up to doing so once they had been appointed ministers last Friday.
- The Minister for the Environment had "problems" with declaring the right income in 1998
Obviously, the social democrats are outraged. Meanwhile, since the ministers confessed earlier this week, thousands of people have phoned to register the possession of a TV with the authorities this week (compared to a mere 50 per day, normally)
So far the ministers have got off with a "mea culpa" and a slap on the wrist each from the "PM".