Fighting for his political life, Dutch PM Balkenende wore a t-shirt in public recently stating "Fuck Drugs" in large letters on the front.
Not only tasteless, but truly hypocritical as well, see the can of beer in his hand? Alcohol yes, drugs no.
What a clear message.
From the Dutch newspaper het Volkskrant.
(The above was from Radio Netherlands)
Not only tasteless, but truly hypocritical as well, see the can of beer in his hand? Alcohol yes, drugs no.
What a clear message.
From the Dutch newspaper het Volkskrant.
The left-wing Volkskrant begins its election coverage on the front page with "Balkenende fighting for his political life," and the paper illustrates the caretaker prime minister's desperate measures with a photograph of him on the campaign trail wearing a T-shirt that says Fuck Drugs. De Telegraaf also prints a photo of Mr Balkenende wearing that T-shirt and asks, "Would your mother say something like that?".
Trouw looks ahead to the coalition talks that will get underway bright and early on 10 June. "Parties sniffing around each other," headlines the Protestant paper on its front page. According to Trouw, "the battle for the premiership is a duel between Labour's Cohen and VVD’s Rutte".
The paper says Labour is trying to present the election as an old-fashioned battle between left and right and that heavy hints about a post-election coalition are being dropped by some of the smaller parties: "GreenLeft leader Femke Halsema and D66 leader Alexander Pechtold have both repeatedly and publicly stated that they are in daily telephone contact with Labour leader Job Cohen".
(The above was from Radio Netherlands)