They will sell out you and their previously professed principles
in favor of their new friends on the other side in a heartbeat, as the True Finns
learned the hard way.
The
Finns Party, formerly called “True Finns”, rose from obscurity during the euro
zone debt crisis with an anti-EU platform, complicating the bloc’s bailout
talks with troubled states. It expanded into the second-biggest parliamentary
party in 2015 and joined the government, but then saw its support drop due to
compromises in the three-party coalition.
This June, the party picked a new hard-line leadership and got kicked out of the government, while more than half of its lawmakers left the party and formed a new group to keep their government seats.
Huhtasaari, 38, who was picked as deputy party leader in June, said voters were still confused after the split-up but that the party would eventually bounce back.
“The game is really brutal. The biggest parties want us to disappear from the political map. No one is in politics looking for friends.”
The Finns party ranks fifth in polls with a support of 9 percent, down from 17.7 percent in 2015 parliamentary election, while the new “Blue Reform” group, which has five ministers, is backed by only 1-2 percent.
This June, the party picked a new hard-line leadership and got kicked out of the government, while more than half of its lawmakers left the party and formed a new group to keep their government seats.
Huhtasaari, 38, who was picked as deputy party leader in June, said voters were still confused after the split-up but that the party would eventually bounce back.
“The game is really brutal. The biggest parties want us to disappear from the political map. No one is in politics looking for friends.”
The Finns party ranks fifth in polls with a support of 9 percent, down from 17.7 percent in 2015 parliamentary election, while the new “Blue Reform” group, which has five ministers, is backed by only 1-2 percent.
This is why moderates can
only be permitted in support positions and should never be
allowed in positions of leadership, policy-making, or personnel. They love to
talk about principles for the reason that they don't actually have any, and use
these nonexistent principles as an excuse to break promises and commit
betrayals whenever it suits them.
It's not necessary, and it's not possible, to spurn them entirely. There are enough of them that they have to be accepted. And this is fine, this is not a problem, so long as they are not allowed into any positions of power or influence despite their best efforts.
That being said, it won't be surprising if the True Finns end up outperforming their 2015 results, while their short-sighted sell-outs vanish from the political scene.
It's not necessary, and it's not possible, to spurn them entirely. There are enough of them that they have to be accepted. And this is fine, this is not a problem, so long as they are not allowed into any positions of power or influence despite their best efforts.
That being said, it won't be surprising if the True Finns end up outperforming their 2015 results, while their short-sighted sell-outs vanish from the political scene.
