It has been a recurring theme in these columns that politics is subject to the iron law of oligarchy. Those with power accumulate it and hold all the cards. The fortress seems impregnable. But voters have a way of making their wishes known: They can shock politicians through opinion polls.

They are doing so now by allowing the Progress Party (FrP) to continue its advance: An upward curve is taking shape, and electoral analysts now say they do not believe it is temporary. FrP is surging ahead, even after breaking through the 30 per cent ceiling. The Conservative Party is falling. The balance of strength between the two appears to have changed permanently.

There is no sign that the Conservative Party is trimming its sails. It continues to behave like a governing party and recently said no to extending the cut in fuel duty. Voters are sending it downwards. The Conservative Party no longer has the strength that permits it the luxury of saying no to the districts.

Until the Conservative Party understands that, it will remain at less than half FrP’s level of support.

Why does the Conservative Party not understand this?

Because fuel duty is a symbolic issue showing that the Conservative Party still has its gaze fixed firmly on Brussels and EU membership.

Norwegians will not be disciplined. They have the wind at their backs. Look at Iceland!

How did Aftenposten react? By consigning Vedum to the same pigeonhole as Marine Le Pen and Nigel Farage. Aftenposten wanted to show voters the company he has fallen in with.

But the comparison was an insult to the intelligence of the voters. Aftenposten made a fool of itself.

Something is happening on the right across Europe. In Norway, FrP is the seismograph. Everyone knows it, but the media are trying to dip FrP in brown sauce.

That is not going to work. Voters have grown wiser.

The state of Saxony-Anhalt holds an election on Sunday. The AfD is surging ahead and could become a governing party for the first time.

What are the German authorities and the German elite doing: They are fantasising about banning the AfD!!

Sooner or later, FrP will have to pick up that gauntlet. In the long run, they cannot sit still in the boat and simply take it. Voters will sooner or later expect action and a show of resolve.

With political opponents such as Støre and Søreide, we understand why it is tempting for FrP to sit back and let Labour and the Conservatives destroy their own chances.

But politics is about responsibility. About Norway’s future.

Sylvi is probably afraid that if she launches a wholesale reckoning with the policies pursued, the distance between her and the Conservative Party will increase. But does she have any choice?

She must show that FrP is now the party of government. Støre’s policies are destructive for Norway, whether it concerns electricity, fuel, food, interest rates, housebuilding or immigration.

The race towards 2029 begins now, and Sylvi must show that she is capable. If not, she will let a historic opportunity to change Norwegian politics slip away.

Document covers developments throughout Europe, and every day we show what is at stake.

In Italy, a new party has emerged, led by a general, which is to the right of Meloni and is polling at 8 per cent.

Voters are on the move and will no longer be fobbed off with empty talk.

The election in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt therefore has an impact on Norway, even though the media will never tell you that.

The Norwegian media have smeared the AfD for years. They think voters can be bluffed. But reality is stronger.

That is Document’s motto: It is not we who have become radical, it is reality.

That is why the attacks on the AfD do not work on German voters.

They know what is going on outside their windows.

It has taken time for them to “wake up”, but the polls tell us that now it is happening.

And they are not going to let themselves be stopped.