REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – Iceland’s anti-establishment Pirate Party is in a tight race to become the largest party in parliament after an election on Saturday called when the prime minister resigned as a result of the Panama Papers scandal.
The Pirates have been riding a wave of anger against the establishment in a country that was one of the hardest hit in the 2008 financial crisis when its banking system collapsed, hitting thousands of savers.
Polls put it in close second place to the Independence Party, currently the junior partner in the governing coalition.
It wants, among other things, to give asylum to U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden, accept the bitcoin virtual currency and clean up corruption.
Go Pirates! Arrrrr!
Iceland’s Pirates represent the sort of popular rejection of TPTB that Trump’s candidacy represents here in the US.
Best name for a political party, EVER!
If the Pirates win in Iceland, and Hellary wins here, sounds like I may be learning a new language from a new address.