The Liberate The Utrecht Fish Edition - Week 10 - 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses local elections, government challenges, and sports fundraising efforts.

As local elections approach, we talk to polling expert and political scientist Tom Louwerse about the kaleidoscopic range of candidate and parties on offer and how voters can make sense of it all. Rob Jetten's first week as prime minister proves to be a bumpy ride, and not just because he's travelling by road to Brussels. The cabinet comes under fire from all sides as it tries to support Donald Trump and uphold international law at the same time. Unions threaten strikes after walking out of a meeting on the coalition‘s plans to make everyone retire later and then cut their nursing care. And in sport, Jutta Leerdam‘s speed skating suit leaves the competition for dust in an online fundraising auction.

People in this episode

Host: DutchNews

Guest: Tom Louwerse

Topics covered

• local elections
• political analysis
• government policies
• sports
• union strikes

Keywords

• local elections
• political scientist
• Rob Jetten
• Donald Trump
• Jutta Leerdam
• union strikes
• speed skating

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