The 8. and 9. September there was an election in Norway. For the political parties election equals exams. A four year term and intensive campaigns determine the winners and the losers. The leader of the parties who form government are victorious and their status as party leader will never be safer. For the parties that must end their term in government the future looks very different. Somewhere wrong decisions were taken, the party suffers and someone must pay.
In large democratic countries the leader of any political party that does poorly in an election has to step down as leader. It works in the same way as a large company. Insecurity leads to falling stock prizes and change in le...