[ScaniaBoy]

Sometimes history repeat itself (and not always as a comedy).

Three days before we were going to vote for or against Sweden joining the Euro in 2003, our foreign minister, another young woman, Anna Lindh, was stabbed to death. The campaign was suspended and we were treated to days of propaganda - how much Ms Lindh had wanted us to join the Euro, how much we owed her, etc. All really disgusting. The polls that had shown a NO victory since early March (this was in September) suddenly in some cases showed an even race. However, on the election day people still did not vote in the way our politicians wanted, and we kept or Swedish krona.

Some years later it was shown how wise the people had been.
I hope the British will show the same wisdom.

[dfwgator]

History may not repeat, but it sure does rhyme.

[Stentor]

I hope the British will show the same wisdom.

Prayers up.

[Rusty0604]

Thanks for your insight.

[Jane Long]

Thanks for that historical reminder.

Someone posted (on another thread about this MP) that the tactic in Spain, just before elections, worked. Shut down the opposition.

[Ohioan]

An interesting recollection. Frankly, I think that the exit campaigners should openly confront the non sequitur implied by the efforts to exploit the shooting for the purpose of surrender.

"We certainly condemn a mental case for shooting a member of Parliament. But as patriots, we are not willing to abandon our loyalty to home & country. Of course, we have a duty to put Britain First--the actions of a mental case do not change our duty."

[Scooter100]

Thank you for that terrific reminder about the battle against the EU in Sweden. Here is some more info on the Swedish EU vote tragedy you outlined...

Anna Lindh's killer, a 25-year old Swedish male, Mijailo Mijailovic (born to Serbian immigrant parents), was declared to be mentally disturbed and that he acted alone. He was finally sentenced to a closed psychiatric ward.

According to Wikipedia.org, 8-years later, Mijailovic broke silence and gave his first press conference about the killing in 2011. He expressed his apology and said he had absolutely nothing against Ms Lindh personally and that it was not in any way politically motivated.

Mijailovic's Wikipedia portal was created by a contributor named "Gavleson" who has also been responsible for submitting numerous Swedish government (Sweden Portal) articles. To name a few....more at the URL below.

1.Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, 14 May 2014
2.Swedish Data Inspection Board, 12 June 2014
3.Swedish National Board of Institutional Care, 18 July 2014‎
4.Swedish Prosecution Authority, 20 July 2014
5.National Centre for Knowledge on Men's Violence against Women, 20 July 2014‎
6.Swedish National Board of Forensic Medicine, 20 July 2014
7.Swedish National Courts Administration, 20 July 2014
8.Public Health Agency of Sweden, 21 July 2014‎

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mijailo_Mijailovi%C4%87
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Lindh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gavleson/Articles_started