What are people like Bjarni Benediktsson, Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir and Olafur Stephensen thinking now?

Do they really belong in the same corner of society as David Oddson, Bjorn Bjarnason, Hannes Holmsteinn Gissurarson, Kjartan Gunnarsson and Oskar Magnusson?

Or is their political career “paid” by the same interest groups?

The list of Independence Party coat-tailers whose reputation is in tatters from fighting on the front lines for the party is quite impressive. Illugi Gunnarsson, Tryggvi Thor Herbertsson, Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson, Thorlindur Kjartansson and Sigurdur Kari Kristjansson are all relatively young and ambitious but will forever carry the tags of Fund 9(Illugi), The Mishkin Report(Tryggvi), FL Group(Gudlaugur Thor), IceSave(Thorlindur) and the infamous alcohol bill(Sigurdur Kari). They might argue, but credibility has shown them the red card from the game of politics.

The ambiguity surrounding Thorgerdur Katrin’s loan for shares at Kaupthing puts her in a sensitive spot, but it is hard to believe that people with such connections to the commercial sector of Iceland like her, Bjarni and Olafur really hold the same belief system as their powerful party elders. The CEO of an oil company must realize how dangerous the ISK really is and Olafur has long been outspoken about Iceland joining the EU.

So the question is, do they have the guts to break away? To form a new party on right for people who don’t want to live in the past forever?

Or do they really belong with the old guard, like Arni Johnsen, Agnes Bragadottir and Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson?

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