Monday Ice: Election 2013 in Iceland

The 2013 elections are on in less than a week and candidates are out in force (mainly around Reykjavik) canvassing.  There are 15 parties vying for the precious vote, you can read more about them on the Reykjavik Grapevine.

Click on the link to view this amusing video* of some candidates who visited the University of Iceland to entertain students in the hope of gaining their vote, some do better than others...could only happen in Iceland!

*You don't need to understand Icelandic to enjoy the video.

Monday Ice: Politics Shomolitics!

The 2010 election campaign in Australia has been dismal...with Australians required to vote for the lesser of two evils...at the moment it looks like Australia as the UK did just recently will have a Hung Parliament, with the major parties now having to woo the Greens and Independents to be able to govern the country.  We will probably not know the final outcome for a couple of weeks.  The only bright sparkle in this election is that the Greens doubled their swing from the 2007 election and will hold the balance of power in the Senate and have won a seat in the House of Representatives. Hopefully they can continue to build on this for the next election.  Of course I voted for the Greens which I have done now for sometime but I refused to let my preferences this time go to the labour or liberal party and numbered the ballot sheet from 1-55 making my own preferences...with the two major parties at the bottom of the ballot.  There is a higher rate than normal in this election of informal votes which also suggest the disenchantment the general public have about this election.

Instead of wasting our time voting we could have protested the way some Icelanders are by throwing fish and bread around parliament house so that the seagulls will come and poop all over it...I like their style!

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An Icelandic protester feeding birds around their Government building

 

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