A nice theory, Sigurd. Unfortunately wrong though.
Roger Madsen isn't a part of the "old guard", he's your "new generation", he's 45 years old and was elected into the city council in Moss for the first time in 2003.
And I sincerely doubt that his views are rare in the progress party. The central leadership confirms that quite well with their reaction, which was "he made a mistake and apologized, business as usual now". They don't care in the slightest that their central members are flamin' racists. That is what has changed in the Progress Party. They haven't become less racist, if anything they've become more.
Remember Vidar Kleppe and Jan Simonsen? Both excluded for similar racism this guy stands for. They got the full exclusion circus. Nothing happens this time.
Also, Moss FRP is one of the party's largest chapters. You saw Ulf Isak Leirstein during the debate as financial spokesman for FRP? Leirstein is the leader of Moss FRP, Madsen is the second leader. Madsen is also chosen as fraction leader in the city council. That means he's on the fast-track to parliament.
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