Finland’s left has become a victim of its own success | Laura Saarikoski and Saska Saarikoski

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Finland’s left has become a victim of its own success | Laura Saarikoski and Saska Saarikoski

The Social Democrats’ welfare policies enjoy such support that even Finland’s conservatives don’t dare to dismantle themThe frontrunner: a conservative who saved himself in the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami by hanging from a pylon. The challenger: a gay environmentalist who has made his name by talking peace to Somali rebels.