Time will certainly tell whether the Left Party’s left-liberal shift will end up paying electoral dividends or whether it will have the opposite effect and precipitate the long-anticipated split within the party.

The fine marks a trend of European regulators curbing Big Tech business practices.

Despite a wish by MEPs to pursue a bilateral deal with Taiwan business groups, the EU Commission warned that any embrace of Taipei could jeopardise already tense relations with China.

Suppressing remarks or attitudes that could harm a “peaceful social climate” may be great for genteel Council of Europe meetings, university seminars, or dinner parties, even if it might make them a trifle dull. But it won’t work for any kind of effective 21st century politics.