Goodbye London! I can’t believe that my time in London has come to an end. To try to summarise the past five months in just one blog post seems like an impossible task, but I’ll try my best. My time…
Author: Ida-Maria Skytte
Ida-Maria Skytte is from Vaasa, Finland. She is a member of Svensk Ungdom (Swedish Youth of Finland), and is currently doing an internship at Liberal International in London.
Ida’s Blog #8: From Belfast to Beirut
It feels like ages since my last blog post! It’s my last month in London (how crazy is that?!), and a lot of things are happening. At the moment I’m in Belfast with my colleagues from Liberal International. We have…
Ida’s Blog #7: Happy New Year!
2020 – how weird and fantastic at the same time. I can’t wait to see what this year brings with it! I had a wonderful time in Finland, and in some ways it feels a bit sad to be back…
Ida’s Blog #6: Merry Christmas!
It feels both wonderful and weird to be back home in Finland. Wonderful because I finally get to see my family and friends again. Weird because – in a strange way – it feels like I’ve been living in London…
Ida’s Blog #5: Brussels – Politics & Finnish Independence Parties
One of the things that I love the most about my internship is that it’s so flexible. The other week, when I was having a conversation with my boss, I told him that I’m really interested in the European Parliament…
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Ida’s Blog #4: an Amazing Week in Morocco
Oh, how wonderful it is to be back in London! Don’t get me wrong, it was absolutely amazing to spend a whole week in Morocco, but it always feels good to come “home”. As we would say in Swedish: “Borta…
Ida’s Blog #3: Space politics and gender equality
Hi there, and welcome to my third blog post! I just want to start by saying what a weekend! Even though Mondays are not normally my favourite day of the week (does anyone really like Mondays?), I have found myself…
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Ida’s Blog #2: My top 5 things about London
So, guess what? It has already been two months since I moved to London. That’s right – two months! While it feels like I moved here yesterday, it also feels like I’ve lived here forever. It’s funny how you can…
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Ida’s Blog #1: Moving to London
Hejsan! (Swedish word for hello) Whoever you are and whatever the reason might be that you’re reading this blog – Welcome! Lovely to have you here. My name is Ida-Maria, and the original plan was to start this blog several…