Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson – Progressive Party 1. Defend the interests of father’s friends and Progressive Party fat cats. 2. Stall an IceSave solution as long as possible to make political opponents look bad. 3. Have lunch. 4. Make sure that the Progressive Party “owns” a special green room at Althingi. 5. Have dinner 6. Regularly cause [...]

If proof is needed that professional politics are destructive to ideology then look no further than the Citizens’ Movement. With four MP’s elected on a promise of change, three of the MP’s, Thor Saari, Margret Tryggvadottir and Birgitta Jonsdottir had been in Althingi less than three months before they’d foregone one of the major campaign [...]

I am responsible for the Citizen’s Movement. I voted for them in the election and since the they have given me reasons to be both elated and puzzled. Citizen’s Movement MP, Thrainn Bertelsson shares my concerns when talking about his three colleguaes in the parliament to Frettabladid today. The other three, Thor Saari, Birgitta Jonsdottir [...]

The Citizen Movement which got four MP’s elected to Althingi in April has surpassed my best expectations. I cast my vote their way as they seemed like a breath of fresh air against the staleness of the four parties that have ruled all in Iceland since I was born. And they have not disappointed. They [...]

“The rebuilding of the banks must be an absolute priority. For the business sector to work, it must be supported by banks that work. But it will be expensive. I don’t think Icelanders realize how expensive that is going to be, around 85% of gross national product. “ Mats Josefsson to Swedish newspaper Uppsala Nya Tidning [...]

A friend and I exchanged quotes a little bit earlier. He sent me this one which is a good reminder of where we are;  “Pessimism is a luxury of good times, In difficult times, pessimism is a self-fulfilling, self-inflicted death sentence.” -Evelin Lindner I sent back a reminder of where we were;  “Young, angry and [...]