Richard Orange wonders whether the social trust that has made Sweden so successful is disappearing from its politics, before going through the week's stories. They call it "The Nordic gold" – the high level of social trust that exists in Sweden and other Nordic countries. You can hear James Savage, Mandy Pipher and me discuss all this – and learn the etiquette around slurping crayfish – in this week's Sweden in Focus podcast. The Left Party pledged to fight for funding to re-establish night trains to Norrland. The Left Party apologised, blaming poor research, although the MP was allowed to stay in position.