Push: Has also become known for campaigns in support of drag queens.

Jan Jönsson, opposition city commissioner for the Liberals in Stockholm — perhaps best known as “the gangs’ worst enemy,” but also for having dressed up as a drag queen and reading stories to children — now announces he is leaving the party board.

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The background is that party leader Simona Mohamsson has presented a new line, which has been approved by the party board. This means that the Liberals may participate in a government together with the Sweden Democrats after the next election.

It is still uncertain whether the party, which oscillates between 1.4 and 2.0 percent in opinion polls, will keep its place in parliament. One who is already stepping down from a more decision-making role in the party is Jan Jönsson, which he confirms to Dagens Nyheter.

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Jönsson has long been critical of cooperation with the Sweden Democrats and has previously been mentioned as a possible party leader candidate if Mohamsson’s support among members were to decrease after the policy shift. As the leader of the Liberals in Stockholm’s City Hall, he has now chosen to distance himself from the party board’s new course.

Campaigning as a drag queen

Jönsson has been behind several high-profile campaigns. Before the September 2022 election, he branded himself as “the gangs’ worst enemy” on billboards, including on Stockholm’s buses.

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In another campaign, he defended drag queens reading stories to children.

— We want to defend drag queens and everyone’s right to express themselves. No one should have to hesitate in exercising their freedom of expression out of fear of any reprisals, said Jan Jönsson (L) to QX.

Watch the video clip:

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