The Progress Party is in the tailwind across the country – also in the interior. At Vinstra upper secondary school alone, 23 students have signed up for the Progress Party in the last two or three weeks. And that in a county where the Labor Party and the Center Party have almost been like bastions of rain. And on Monday the FRP leader herself, Sylvi Listhaug, will visit Lom. Lom is one of the places in Innlandet that is now losing its upper secondary school. Listhaug is on the rise in the interior. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre faces similar opposition. Archive image. Photo: Håkon Benjaminsen / news It was the newspaper GD that mentioned the issue of Frp at Vinstra first. Do not want their school to be the next to be closed The common denominator for the young people at Vinstra is that the school closures have awakened political commitment. – We don’t want it to go beyond our school. And that can happen quickly. Because we are a small place, and there aren’t that many students here, fears Emma Hagen. It was after Fremskrittspartiet was at the school and invited to a pizza night, that the students struck. Hagen says that by signing up she can help prevent school closures. – Because we are the future, and can help influence that such things do not happen. The four new Frp members news meets admit that they have not fully familiarized themselves with everything the party stands for. – I thought I had to start somewhere, and sign up and learn more about politics and things like that, says Mina Helen Solbakken. Mina Helen Solbakken says that the young people at Vinstra were not really interested in politics before the school closures. – But if it can affect us as well, something must be done about it. Swipe for the next student ➡️Tor Kristian Bakken says he is in favor of the FRP’s economic policy. – Because it only gets worse and worse, and more expensive everywhere. Swipe for the next student ➡️ – I agree with a lot of what the Progress Party stands for. And it’s fun to get involved in politics, says new FRP member Hanne Bentdal Nordlien. Swipe for the next student ➡️ – School closures have made us start to think a little. That we should not be our schools that are next, says Emma Hagen. Increasing support for Frp in several places in the country The students at Vinstra are not the only ones who have signed up for the Progress Party recently. The party surges forward in Finnmark. In Opinion and FriFagbevegelsen’s latest party poll, the FRP receives over 20 percent support for the third month in a row, and the party is also the second largest party in the October poll conducted by Norstat for news and Aftenposten. That the leader of Frp’s natural partner, Høyre’s Erna Solberg, has declared on Dagsnytt 18 that there is no way out but to close schools, does not worry Trygve Groven Vaal. – I think people have more trust in us, so we just have to look after ourselves, then she can say what she wants. Photo: Even Lusæter / news Trygve Groven Vaal, leader of Nord-Fron Fremskrittsparti, says they have gained 33 new members in the last month. He is delighted that Lom, Vågå and Skjåk have formed a joint local team, Ottadalen, and says the party will probably try to found local teams in Sør-Fron, Ringebu, Skjåk and Lom before the next election. – What has caused that there has suddenly been so much interest in the Progress Party in Gudbrandsdalen? – It is probably the school issue. The Labor Party and the Conservative Party have closed down a high school there, people do not agree with that. Then you see at national level that people do not agree with the priorities of the government. – But the Progress Party is no guarantee of not centralizing the villages? – We are not a centralizing party. When it comes to school structure, we are in favor of free school choice, the money should follow the student. Measurement: Increase of 200 per cent for Frp, Ap halved In Oppland, the Frp has had an increase of 200 per cent, according to a measurement Sentio made for GD, HA, OA, Østlendingen and Glåmdalen. – Every fourth voter says they will vote for the party at the next general election. A higher result has never been measured for the Frp in Oppland, says GD commentator Kathrine Lunde. At the same time, the Labor Party has halved since the election in 2021, according to the Sentio survey. – It is sensational because the interior, especially Gudbrandsdalen, has been a bastion of power for the Labor Party. FRP is clear in its message to frustrated voters who neither feel seen nor heard, says GD commentator Kathrine Lunde. Party leader Sylvi Listhaug visiting Lom, she says, will create a feeling that the FRP not only understands the problems people are facing, but that they also see the voters. Photo: Lars Erik Skrefsrud / news – Good at seeing the voters Lunde believes the FRP’s tailwind is a rebellion against the political leadership both in the interior and nationally. Because when people are fed up with poor private finances, increasing gang and juvenile crime and municipalities that have to re-prioritize due to finances, they become more concerned with their own safety and themselves, the commentator believes. – And then there is a rebellion against the social trends and the development we have had for many years now, with slightly tougher times. And she believes that her will to rebel will last until next year’s general election. Have the school closures in Innlandet made you change party? YES! 😤 No, none of my parties were in favor of the closures anyway 🤨 No, party elections are about more than just school closures 🤨 I’m still in the thinking box…🤔 Well, I don’t care about school structure and such…🙄 Show result Published 18.11. 2024, at 08.00 Updated 18.11.2024, at 08.12
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