Ruth Mottram<p>In case anyone is interested in my view on the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> election result btw, I think most people voted on domestic issues: cost of living, healthcare, education, employment, elderly care.</p><p> Though for sure the USA <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> angle probably helped <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TurnOutTheVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TurnOutTheVote</span></a>.</p><p> This shouldn't be a surprise, most people everywhere do vote on domestic issues. And IMHO far too many journalists went in with an external view, without understanding the actual voters (part of the problem is too few Greenlandic journalists and a strike at public broadcaster KNR during the campaign probably didn't help). </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/114144133051658500" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/</span><span class="invisible">114144133051658500</span></a> Incidentally, and naming no names, I have been contacted a couple of times by US based journalists with requests for suggestions for interviewees, specifically "community leaders".</p><p>I suggested the Prime Minister. </p><p>I don't think many people really understand just how autonomous Greenland is within the Kingdom. </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/114144017693389064" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/</span><span class="invisible">114144017693389064</span></a><br>Ruth_Mottram - Very good piece on the choices being voted on in the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> elections. <br>As always @financialtimes coverage is top notch when it comes to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a>.</p><p>Greenland independence debate ‘on steroids’ ahead of election - <a href="https://on.ft.com/3DFYM9W" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">on.ft.com/3DFYM9W</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>