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Today’s date: Hooray x 10 for Helle
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Saluting a decade of Gucci decadence

Elegance in politics (photo: Magnus Fröderberg)
On this day a decade ago in 2005, Helle Thorning-Schmidt was elected the head of the Socialdemokraterne party. Thorning-Schmidt – who later became, and remains, Denmark’s prime minister – won the party leadership election with 53 percent of the vote ahead of current Copenhagen mayor Frank Jensen.