Sure! Other things being equal, with general prosperity on all sides, why not pay it off and have more to spend on public services or simply as a protection against global hard times in the future? T… (View Post)

For those who aren't all Abba'd out, and the PBer who I was debating Sweden's low-key style with the other day, this is an interesting subtitled interview with Agnetha from a few years… (View Post)

Slightly more recent (30/8-2/9) Forschungsgruppe Wahlen: 25/22/17/11/11/7 - the interesting thing about which is that's almost entirely a 3-point shift from Green to SPD, with CFU unchanged (and… (View Post)

It's pointless arguing about personal taste, really. FWIW I'm a diehard ABBA fan, partly because I followed them all as individual singers before they joined up - they were all successful o… (View Post)

For those who don't want to refight the Spainsh Civil War, this is a great review of the new songs: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/sep/02/abbas-new-songs-reviewed-a-perky-moving-return-t… (View Post)