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minionofmidas
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« on: January 23, 2009, 04:44:18 PM »

My apologies Smiley

That November poll would be quite the revolutionary result for Iceland. Not least since the Independence Party has been the largest party since at least 1946.
And the Progressives in second place for most of that time.
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2009, 12:59:33 PM »

Might be worth asking the British on their current opinions...
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2009, 09:56:44 AM »

Might be worth asking the British on their current opinions...

Anything like this happening in the UK would effectively kill the Labour Party. Even I don't want that to happen.
The Labour Party would never die.

It would probably recreate the early 80s, though.

But yeah, I meant on the Euro - as it seems that much of the reason Britain's banks are in even worse trouble than ours is the perceived weakness of British central banking as viz. the ECB - but it would probably be wiser to postpone the question until that's become even more glaringly apparent (not that I'm hoping that happens - or that I think that certain or near-certain. I don't. I certainly don't consider it unlikely, though.) Of course memories of 1992 (or '3?) and of whenever Labour went cap-in-hand to the IMF also play a role there.
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2009, 07:02:23 AM »

Independence Party: 25 seats, 36.6% of the vote (center-right/Christian democratic)
Social Democratic Alliance: 18 seats, 26.8% (center-left)
Left-Green Movement: 9 seats, 14.3% (green/socialist)
Progressive Party: 7 seats, 11.7% (centrist/liberal)
Liberal Party: 4 seats, 7.3% (right/xenophobic)
Iceland Movement - Living Land: no seats, 3.3% (green)

That has to be the most humorously misnamed bunch of parties I've ever seen.
Hm? The Independence Party's name dates from when Iceland wasn't independent yet. "Progress" for Liberal (euro sense) parties is hardly surprising - although this one is sort of a fusion of that and an agrarian (what in continental Scandinavia is called a "center") party.
You're right about the Liberal Party being misnamed, o/c.
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2009, 06:19:48 AM »

Damn, no second place. Sad

SDA 29.8 (+3.0) 20 (+2)
IP    23.7 (-12.9) 16 (-9)
LG   21.7 (+7.4)  14 (+5)
PP  14.8  (+3.1)   9 (+2)
CM    7.2 (+7.2)  4 (+4)
LP     2.2  (-5.1)  0 (-4)

some other party at 0.6%. Turnout 85.1%
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2009, 01:33:38 PM »

Has Iceland currently got fixed or open lists?
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