{"id":174213,"date":"2026-07-16T10:33:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=174213"},"modified":"2026-07-16T10:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:33:51","slug":"tidigare-premiarministern-inte-politikerna-som-styr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/the-former-prime-minister-not-the-politicians-in-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Prime Minister: It's Not the Politicians Who Are in Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">This is an analytical news article in which the writer's own analysis is part of the news coverage.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Liz Truss is right: It doesn\u2019t matter how you vote. Politicians aren\u2019t in control\u2014and Sweden is the clearest proof of just how sick the system has become. Even though we\u2019ve had a government critical of immigration that promised a paradigm shift, immigration has remained at around 100,000 people per year for four years. The people voted for change. They got more of the same.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former British Prime Minister <strong>Liz Truss<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0FK-B75V8Vo\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0FK-B75V8Vo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said recently<\/a><\/strong> It lays bare what many already suspect: It doesn't matter how you vote. Politicians aren't really in control. It's the unelected bureaucrats, the permanent structures, and the global establishment that determine what actually happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-<em> People vote on issues. They vote for less immigration. They vote for lower taxes. They don't vote for DEI and net-zero, but that's what they get.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This isn't just a British observation. It's a description of how the modern Western system works in practice. And Sweden is one of the clearest and most absurd examples of just how sick this has become.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Official_portrait_of_Prime_Minister_Liz_Truss.jpeg\" alt=\"Liz Truss. Photo: Wikipedia\/Prime Minister&#039;s Office\/Simon Dawson\" class=\"wp-image-19820 lazyload\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4988838877300839;width:339px;height:auto\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Official_portrait_of_Prime_Minister_Liz_Truss.jpeg\" alt=\"Liz Truss. Photo: Wikipedia\/Prime Minister&#039;s Office\/Simon Dawson\" class=\"wp-image-19820\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4988838877300839;width:339px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Official_portrait_of_Prime_Minister_Liz_Truss.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Official_portrait_of_Prime_Minister_Liz_Truss-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Official_portrait_of_Prime_Minister_Liz_Truss-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Official_portrait_of_Prime_Minister_Liz_Truss-150x100.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Liz Truss. Photo: Wikipedia\/Prime Minister\u2019s Office\/Simon Dawson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sweden \u2013 Promises of a Paradigm Shift That Never Came<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have now had a government described as \u201dcritical of immigration\u201d for nearly four years. They promised a paradigm shift in immigration policy. They said there would be order and discipline, a sharp reduction in immigration, and that Sweden would no longer be a magnet for asylum seekers and family-based immigration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In reality, this is how it has looked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past four years, Sweden has taken in approximately 100,000 immigrants per year. That is the same level as during the worst years of the previous open-door policy. Despite the war in Ukraine, despite all the political promises, and despite the fact that it was called a paradigm shift\u2014the numbers have remained at an extremely high level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We're not talking about minor adjustments here. We're talking about 100,000 new people every year, year after year, while politicians claim they're completely overhauling their policies.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1280px-Refugee_march_Hungary_2015-09-04_02-e1698313224288-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Mass migration through Europe. Photo: Wikipedia\/ Joachim Seidler, photog_at from Austria\" class=\"wp-image-140188 lazyload\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.000030518509476;width:432px;height:auto\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1280px-Refugee_march_Hungary_2015-09-04_02-e1698313224288-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Mass migration through Europe. Photo: Wikipedia\/ Joachim Seidler, photog_at from Austria\" class=\"wp-image-140188\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.000030518509476;width:432px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1280px-Refugee_march_Hungary_2015-09-04_02-e1698313224288-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1280px-Refugee_march_Hungary_2015-09-04_02-e1698313224288-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1280px-Refugee_march_Hungary_2015-09-04_02-e1698313224288-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1280px-Refugee_march_Hungary_2015-09-04_02-e1698313224288-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1280px-Refugee_march_Hungary_2015-09-04_02-e1698313224288-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1280px-Refugee_march_Hungary_2015-09-04_02-e1698313224288-1068x534.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1280px-Refugee_march_Hungary_2015-09-04_02-e1698313224288-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1280px-Refugee_march_Hungary_2015-09-04_02-e1698313224288.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mass migration through Europe. Photo: Wikipedia\/ Joachim Seidler, photog_at from Austria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How can this be?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is exactly what Liz Truss is talking about. The people voted for drastic austerity measures. The parties that won promised that. But in practice, the result will be continued high immigration at roughly the same level as before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why? Because the real powers that be\u2014the bureaucracy, the Migration Agency, EU regulations, the courts, international conventions, and the permanent administrative apparatus\u2014don\u2019t care about what voters or elected officials promise. They continue to pursue the same policies they have always pursued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s why it feels like nothing really changes, no matter who\u2019s in power. You can change the government, you can change the prime minister, you can have supporting parties that promise a revolution in immigration policy\u2014but the numbers keep ticking along at around 100,000 a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is not democracy in practice. It is an illusion of democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The system needs to be replaced\u2014not just the politicians<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liz Truss is right. It doesn't matter how you vote as long as the system is set up so that those who are really in charge don't have to care about what the people want. Sweden is living proof of just how crazy things have gotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of simply voting new politicians into power, the system itself must also be changed. A politician who does not challenge and change the system will not change politics either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2013 People realize that there\u2019s something seriously wrong with our country. And it\u2019s not enough to vote the right way in the election. That hasn\u2019t worked. We need something bigger than that. We need a movement that will actually take on this orthodoxy. Because these people are still in power. They are the establishment.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liz Truss spektakul\u00e4ra uttalande:&#8221;Det spelar ingen roll vad du r\u00f6star p\u00e5 &#8211; inte politikerna som styr&#8221;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2017,"featured_media":118151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,1520,205,207],"tags":[822,2413,540],"class_list":["post-174213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-inrikes","category-stor","category-nyheter","category-utrikes","tag-liz-truss","tag-massinvandring","tag-politiker"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2017"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}