The case in summary • Christina Maria Bratli, who works daily in the town hall canteen, has been elected as the new mayor in Horten for the Labor Party.• She understands that many people react to politicians who fail to follow laws and rules, and believes that all politicians must contribute to to rebuild trust.• Bratli does not have time for share trading, but has invested a little in some small funds.• Political scientist Signe Bock Seegard believes that people’s attitudes and trust in politicians are influenced by the competence and intention of the politicians to look after people’s interests. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content has been reviewed by news’s journalists before publication. Ministers in a dispute over competence and an ex-prime minister who shares a bed with a stock fanatic overshadowed the political message in the party in this year’s election campaign. In the canteen at the town hall in Horten, the new mayor has had a completely different focus in recent months. In parallel with running an election campaign for the Labor Party, the 51-year-old has ensured that those who work at the town hall get wet and dry. – As a canteen employee, I cook and arrange coffee and the like for meetings, says Christina Maria Bratli. Christina Maria Bratli (Ap) also managed to run an election campaign. Photo: Robert Hansen / news Preparing lunch for the mayor In addition to having a full-time position in the town hall canteen, Bratli has been deputy mayor in Horten for the past four years. Now he gets the mayor’s chain and club on a permanent basis. – It will be very good. After all, I have had a taste of it through being deputy mayor, so it is not a completely unfamiliar task before me. For the past eight years, party member Are Karlsen has been mayor in Horten. He is one of those who always helps himself to Bratli’s delicacies in the canteen. – Yes, the mayor here. I know him very well, and in many ways it was he who tricked me into politics. – It’s a good thing to have had the chance to see Bratli understand that many people react to stories about politicians who are unable to follow laws, rules and what most people perceive as completely normal behaviour. – Have there been too many broilers, i.e. people who have made it a career path to just be politicians? – I think it’s a nice thing to have worn the shoe. It is not decisive for being a good politician, but it can be useful, says Bratli. Christina Maria Bratli believes that all politicians must contribute to rebuilding trust. Photo: Robert Hansen / news – Erna’s husband sat in his home office and traded shares, did you have time for that? – It is difficult to have a canteen office at home. It would have been noticed very quickly if I sat with shares all day. At least there wouldn’t have been much food then, laughs Bratli. She clarifies that she does not own individual shares, but says that she has invested a little in some small funds. – I don’t think there is any danger with them. I’m not worried about that. There will be nothing scary here in the garden, assures Horten’s new mayor. People’s attitudes and trust in politicians are affected by what happens in politics and the behavior of individual politicians, according to Signe Bock Seegard, who is a political scientist at the Institute for Social Research. Political scientist Signe Bock Segaard. Photo: Photographer Carsten Muller – At the same time, research shows that the underlying issue is the extent to which the voters perceive that the politicians are competent in their roles. It is also about the extent to which the politicians actually also act from a good intention to look after the people’s interests.
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