The Perussuomalaiset (PS)* are a deadly chameleon. It can look “normal” until it lashes out like a venomous snake. The PS’ neo-conservative cloak is only a deception appealing to right-wingers who justify the paradigm shifts and inhumane cuts in public spending. Finance Minister Riikka Purra is a two-headed monster: with one head she looks sort…
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Riikka Purra’s dilemma: “Am I Riikka or ‘riikka?'”
The far-right terrorism and riots in the UK are raising a lot of questions about how the government would react in a similar situation. Some, likePerussuomalaiset (PS)* Finance Minister Riikka Purra, expose schizophrenic behavior. Sometimes she is the heartless finance minister slashing the budget and bringing misery to the most vulnerable segments of the population,…
Riikka Purra and the PS are desperate for “news”
Migrant Tales has published many stories exposing how parties like the Perussuomlaiset (PS)* use migrant crime to attract support and votes. Finance Minister and PS Chairperson Riikka Purra jumped the gun Thursday by blaming a terrible stabbing in Oulu on “youth gangs.” “Youth gangs” is code for black and brown youths. Masters at making storms…
Petteri Orpo, Mari Rantanen, Riikka Purra, and the government show contempt for Human Rights
It is shameful, but obvious, why Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s government, not one minister of the National Coalition Party and Perussuomalaiset,* mentions International Human Rights Day. Being white, driven by xenophobia and having a privileged life in Finland, it is understandable why such politicians see Human Rights as a threat. Former President Tarja Halonen (2000-2012)…
Riikka Purra and the PS are desparate and fear being exposed for what they are: liars
Radical right Perussuoalaiset (PS)* chairperson, Riikka Purra, like Interior Minister Mari Rantanen, loathes Muslims and other minorities. Slamming and suggesting that Deputy Chancellor of Justice Mikko Puumalainen is a”liberal moron,” exposes her hatred and desperation. Purra, the one who said she’d shoot migrant youths on a train in 2008, now takes out her crystal ball…
The only way for the government to save face is for Riikka Purra to resign
The big question is what impact will the racism scandals that have rocked Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s government. For one, they reveal an era when politicians can say anything they want and face little to no accountability. Perussuomalaiset (PS)* Finance Minister Riikka Purra’s racist and violent comments of 2008 have put her in a difficult…
Riikka Purra of the PS is a charlatan, a master at playing the victim
If I am honest with you, I tried to stay as far away as possible from the toxic speeches at the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* Congress. In those speeches, like the one by the party’s leader Riikka Purra, you wondered in what alternate reality the radical-right party lives. Those speeches by Purra, Matti Purkonen, who slammed the…
Riikka Purra plays the victim and plays down her racist blog writings of 2008
Perussuomalaiset (PS)* Finance Minister Riikka Purra’s defense rests on playing the victim and underplaying her racist and hostile blog postings she wrote on Scripta in 2008, where she used the n-word, Turkish monkey, threatened to kill youths of migrant origin on a commuter train, among other anti-social postings. On the right, a self-confident Riikka Purra….
Say no to Petteri Orpo, Riikka Purra, and the new government in formation. We must fight back!
If migration policy is based on lies, suspicion and racism, it is doomed to fail. The attacks and hostility against the migrant and minority community in Finland intensified. The Perussuomalaiset (PS)* party has assured its supporters that there will be a significant tightening of immigration policies. This comes after reaching an agreement with the Swedish…
Riikka Purra threatens to walk out of government talks: The PS will not participate if migration policy isn’t tightened significantly
Watching the ongoing negotiations between the National Coalition Party, Perussuomalaiset (PS)*, Swedish People’s Party, and Christian Democrats to form Finland’s most right-wing and anti-immigration government is concerning. For one, PS head Riikka Purra’s usual vitriolic anti-immigration rhetoric reminds me of a Brexit minime bully. Purra warned on Thursday that without “migration policy tightened significantly,” they…