“Hi Ulf!” says a male voice from the Swedish prime minister’s answering machine. “Just wondering how many beers you have on a Saturday night?” Another caller to Ulf Kristersson’s new podcast Ring statsministern! (Call the prime minister!), asks whether he is friends with Jimmie Åkesson, the leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats party who simultaneously backs his government and is a rival in the upcoming general election. With the countdown on to the vote in September – and Kristersson’s polling not looking exactly favourable – the centre-right Moderates party launched a weekly podcast this week on Spotify and YouTube with
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