Tag: Resnica

Robert Golob Wins Second Election In A Row

In the end, Robert Golob and Gibanje Svoboda eked out a narrow victory in the parliamentary election in Slovenia. But with SDS of Janez Janša tight on his ass, Muddy Hollows is in for a protracted period of coalition building that will likely (but not necessarily) the Big Bird continuing as PM, albeit with a shakier coalition.

Unofficial results of the 2026 Slovenian election show Robert Golob and his Gibanje Svoboda taking the top spot with Janez Janša and SDS close second.
Top-line election results (source: DVK)

Assuming, of course, that the new parliament gets constituted at all. Namely the moment he lost the lead, Janez Janša started claiming voting and counting irregulairites. Which means that the next few weeks will be fucking intense.

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The Restaurant at the End of the (Left-Liberal) Universe

The history of every major political party in Muddy Hollows tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why, and Where phases. For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question ‘How can we run the government?’ the second by the question ‘Why do we run the government?’ and the third by the question ‘Where shall we have lunch‘?

Robert Golob hosted leaders of left-liberal parties at a posh restaurant in Ljubljana. Everyone came and agreed to play nice.
PM Golob welcoming playing host at an admittedly posh restaurant (source)

With apologies to Douglas Adams, there simply is no better way to describe today’s huddle of the six parties comprising the left-liberal half of the Slovenian political spectrum. To an untrained eye, the lunch date may have seemed like an overture to tighter political collaboration or even semi-unification. In reality, these guys went to lunch because they were hungry.

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