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A party that hangs a skull-and-crossbones flag at its HQ, and promises to clean up corruption, grant asylum to Edward Snowden and accept the bitcoin virtual currency, could be on course to form the next Icelandic government.
The Pirate Party has found a formula that has eluded many anti-establishment groups across Europe. It has tempered polarising policies like looser copyright enforcement rules and drug decriminalisation with pledges of economic stability that have won confidence among voters.
This has allowed it to ride a wave of public anger at perceived corruption among the political elite - the biggest election issue in a country where a 2008 banking collapse hit thousands of savers and government figures have been mired in an offshore tax furore following the Panama Papers leaks.
The left-leaning party is part of a global anti-establishment typified by Britain's vote to leave the European Union. But their platform is far removed from the anti-immigration policies of the UK Independence Party, France's National Front and Germany's AfD, or the anti-austerity of Greece's Syriza.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-iceland-election-idUKKCN11Z1RV
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday October 05 2016, @02:32PM
Personally, I prefer Lagertha [wikia.com] to Aslaug.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by CoolHand on Wednesday October 05 2016, @05:50PM
I agree with you Phoenix!! Lagertha, ftw!!
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(Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Wednesday October 05 2016, @07:54PM
I was hoping we'd see more of Þórunn [wikia.com].
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday October 06 2016, @12:12AM
Pre-, or post-scar? ;-)
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Thursday October 06 2016, @02:51AM
Definitely post-scar! What's a shield maiden without a scar from glorious battle? She just needed a pep talk. Somebody get Boudica on the horn!