Next week, it's time again: the final of the Social Democrats' messy term of office, which ends with a budget vote.

After many bends, it seems to be going the way of the government.

Regardless, Magdalena Andersson will by all accounts remain as Prime Minister, at least until the election.

The bottom line is that even if a government has an extremely weak parliamentary base, it can continue to govern, regardless of whether it gets through its budget or not.

To understand how we ended up here, we need to go back to the 2014 election - see more via the link in our profile.