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The Fake Kremlins and Rotten Parliaments Edition - Week 16 - 2024
In the week that Hugo de Jonge revealed that the Binnenhof renovation will cost €2bn and last until 2028, we ask if there is any chance of a governme…
2 years, 4 months ago
The My Big Fat Greek Footballing Tragedy Edition - Week 15 - 2024
Crisis club Ajax plumb new depths of hubris as their ramshackle defending on the pitch is eclipsed by a flurry of own goals in the boardroom. Down th…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Weapons of Mass Distraction Edition - Week 14 - 2024
Groningen is up in arms over the senate's decision to pause the great gas switch-off, in a week when several government plans perish in the upper hou…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Boomers with Clipboards Edition - Week 12 - 2024
After agreeing on a form of government that keeps Pieter Omtzigt on board and Geert Wilders muzzled, the four right-wing parties finally get down to …
2 years, 5 months ago
The Sinking Orange Submarine Edition - Week 11 - 2024
A breakthrough of sorts in the coalition talks as the four parties agree to form a "programme cabinet", which sounds like a piece of charity shop fur…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Europapapapegaaipimpampetje Edition - Week 10 - 2024
More than 100 days after the election, there are cautious signs that the four parties who have been bickering since December might be ready to start …
2 years, 6 months ago
The Badger Courage and Grenades of Virtue Edition - Week 9 - 2024
Kim Putters begins his efforts to complete a coalition puzzle that looks increasingly like a charity shop jigsaw with two pieces missing. The mindben…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Quincy's Snow Drops in Videoland Edition - Week 8 - 2024
Kim Putters begins his quest to form a new cabinet by wargaming the 501 permutations put forward by Pieter Omtzigt. The mayor of The Hague asks if th…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Wandering Cocks and Floppy Formations Edition - Week 7 - 2024
The talks to form a right-wing coalition fall apart like a Babboe cargo bike after Pieter Omtzigt makes a smart getaway in lead negotiator Ronald Pla…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Empty Chair Carousel Edition - Week 6 - 2024
We ask where the talks to form a coalition government go next after Pieter Omtzigt pulls out of the negotiations, sending the other three party leade…
2 years, 7 months ago