Two weeks in the Netherlands

Gonny van Oudenallen is an interesting woman. As a member of the Lijst Pim Fortuyn, the right winged populist party we inherited from its in 2002 murdered leader, she was the first person on the list to succeed Margot Kraneveld in the Dutch parliament, after Kraneveld announced to leave the LPF and the parliament immediately. However, the LPF did not wish to include Van Oudenallen, because she has been corrupt in her earlier career. Van Oudenallen did not give up; she decided to claim her place in parliament anyway, with or without the LPF. She started her own party: the group Oudenallen. She knows very well how the system works, in in this case she does not need to go through the normal procedures of starting a party. Not only this, she insisted on getting her place in parliament immediately. Three months before the elections in November of this year. Why? So she has the right on quite some money the coming years.

So Gonny van Oudenallen arrived in parliament. If it was not clear yet she only did this for the money, she made it very clear with her stupidity. She did not recognise ministers and to the leader of the Green Left party, Femke Halsema, she said: "if you like trees and animals. you should move to Australia." Halsema could only laugh in response, although I'm sure she could have cried as well.

Gonny van Oudenallen is corrupt. She did the worst possible job in three months parliament. She only did this for the money. And with all her money, she also manages to hold a social house in Amsterdam. So she is not that unintelligent at all. We all know about this, but we cannot do anything about it. All we can do is pay her....

That is Dutch polics for you!
I had a great time watching all the year overviews on television this christmas holiday. I missed most of it, and seeing it all in a row shows how ridiculous Dutch politics has been... the Prime Minister who was desperate for attention on a skateboard; the minister for justice who made the news with his own rap, (yes, a rap!) one minister who took away Dutch citizenship from another politician, who was forced to move out and lives in America now... like Femke Halsema I could only laugh in response... although I could have cried as well.