Cries from the Wetstraat
Anyone who slips in the Wetstraat or ends up in the rumor mill will sooner or later end up in this section.
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Conner Rousseau, the former chairman of Vooruit, can no longer credibly fight against the extreme right. That’s what the PVDA chairman says Raoul Hedebouw in an interview with Humo. “He excused his racist statements by saying he had had too much to drink. But if I’m fed up, I won’t become a liberal,” the communist makes the comparison.
About woke
There is gradually no escape from the election campaign. Even Primo Magazine & TV Guide starts with an election series. That’s where the Vooruit chairwoman bites Melissa Depraetere the rush hour. Politics is often “nonsense”, she says. “When you sometimes see politicians ranting about non-issues like woke, I wonder: ‘What am I actually doing here?’”
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Hedebouw doesn’t need alcohol at all to be cheerful. “I try to bring color to politics,” he says. Unlike the Minister of Finance Vincent Van Peteghem (CD&V) who “gives such boring explanations” that “everyone falls asleep”. Hedebouw regrets boredom in politics. The more boring, the less people follow politics and the easier it is for the government to get on with things, he reasons. Hedebouw is on the right path, he thinks. “People say to me: ‘Raoul, I don’t know anything about politics, but your interventions make me feel represented.’”
About woke (2)
From the political series of Primo we learn that the socialist leader is afraid of rats and mice. “I’m terrified as soon as someone even starts talking about those animals. And I have already noticed that I am not the only one. Otherwise, I am blessed with the gift of not being stressed. That is a gift in my job.”
Surrounded by narcissists
The party leader passes the House from Antwerp, Jinnih Beels (Come on), after more than five years of being able to let a lot slide. On Instagram, she shares her “biggest recommendation after five years of politics” in the context of World Book Day. She also places the cover of the book “Surrounded by narcissists”.
