Iceland elections

The times they are a-changin’

April 26, 2009

So as expected, the Social Democratic Party and the Left-Greens look set to continue their collaboration in the wake of yesterday’s elections. This despite that pesky disagreement on the EU: the SDP want to enter into talks with the European Union immediately, whereas the LGs are adopting a more cautious stance and want a national [...]

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Updates: election numbers and more

April 25, 2009

UPDATE: XO has dropped back down to four seats, at 2.02 am. Boo. I’m really going to bed now. — UPDATE: XO has earned five seats in parliament at 2 am. wOOt! I’m going to bed. — First numbers are in and my favoured party, the Civic Movement [XO - don't you love it!], which [...]

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In which I meant to gush about democracy but got sidetracked by thoughts of, um, food

April 25, 2009

So, EPI and I have done the deed – gone and cast our ballots for the Greater Good. A group of radicals were urging people to eat their ballots in the voting booth, IN PROTEST of course, always the first thing that springs to mind when one thinks of civil disobedience. EPI and I both [...]

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It’s just a jump to the left

April 24, 2009

One day to our national elections, and the tension is mounting. Or is it? – Not really. According to the latest poll* the current government is pretty secure with a combined support of 56.4 percent. Based on the figures, the Social Democrats [Samfylkingin] would get 19  MPs elected and the Left-Greens [Vinstri grænir] 18. To [...]

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Aspiring to become an enemy of the party

April 23, 2009

Today the newspaper DV published a series of “secret documents” it claims to have obtained from a source within the  Progressive Party [Framsóknarflokkur], including this one — an Excel document with a list of bloggers defined as “enemies of the party”. I was exceedingly disappointed to find that the Weather Report is not on that [...]

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A brief treatise on Iceland’s quota allocations

April 22, 2009

A friend on Facebook updated her status yesterday with the remark that, in her view, the upcoming elections revolve around the choice between EU and LÍU, not the different party lists. So true! LÍU is the acronym for Landssamband Íslenskra Útvegsmanna, or The Federation of Icelandic Fishing Vessel Operators, an association for the interests of [...]

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