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Why is ‘Mamma Busch’ calling Jimmie Åkesson a snowflake with a microscopic fig leaf?

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In this week's episode: Waffle Day, foiled plot to attack Sweden's parliament, Busch and Åkesson trade insults. 

Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by The Local’s Becky Waterton and Emma Löfgren. 

Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:

Waffle Day 

• How March 25th became Sweden’s national Waffle Day, thanks to mispronunciation
• Recipe: How to make traditional Swedish waffles on Waffle Day

Terror plot

• Two men held in Germany over Swedish parliament terror plot

Politics

• ARCHIVE: Sweden Democrats admit Nazi roots in new ‘white book’

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