Sweden Returns On The Eleventh

The out-of-office does not apologise. It does not offer a colleague. It states a date and it means it. Foreign correspondents have described this as 'irresponsible', from desks they are sitting at, in August, having answered an email at nine in the evening.

He is doing remarkably well, which is both a testament to him and a slightly troubling comment on how essential the other eleven people were. He has made two decisions that will be quietly reversed in September and one that will be adopted permanently without credit.