I like Iceland.

[theweaselking]

The Best Party campaigned on a programme of free towels at all hot springs and a new polar bear for Reykjavik’s Zoo

“We can promise more than the others, because we will in no way keep these promises,' Gnarr said. "Nobody needs to be frightened of the Best Party because it's the best. And we only want what is best -- if we didn't, we'd be called the Worst Party or the Bad Party."

They won, with 35% of the vote.

Comments

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

This is how you show the incumbents you think they're all doodieheads.

[kjn]

Given the track record of the established parties on Iceland these last years, I'm not surprised.

[fearmeforiampink]

The bit about "Best party is the best" reminds me of "We are the winners of Eurovision" (who, alas, didn't win).

[ed-dirt.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna be there a week from Tuesday. i will let you know what i think. With photos.

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

'Jon Gnarr' is an awesome name.

[krinndnz.livejournal.com]

I guess the Monster Raving Loony Party has evolved. Yay!

[skington.livejournal.com]

Slightly less impressive when you realise that it's just a local election (albeit for the capital city).

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

MAyoral elections of the largest city in the country.

It's like picking Stephen Colbert for mayor of New York or Eddie Izzard for London. Or Rick Mercer for Toronto.

[harald387.livejournal.com]

I think we could do far worse than Rick Mercer for mayor of Toronto. Or Ottawa, for that matter.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

And yet, if Mercer ran on a platform of "The other candidates are hypocritical assholes and so I will out-hypocrite and out-asshole them", I would except him to not win.

Not unless Mel Lastman was the *only* opponent.

[fridgepunk.livejournal.com]

You may find The Official Monster Raving Loony Party (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_raving_loony_party) (uk equiv to the Rhino party in canada or the green party in the US) to be very interesting.

The first Raving Loony to win as a result of a straight vote (rather than being elected unopposed) was Stuart Hughes ...snip... His success was met with hostility from the local Tories. Hughes' reaction was to attempt to make their lives a misery for the next three years by refusing to pay his Community Charge (also known as the Poll Tax), then dumping scrap metal in the middle of the council chambers to the value of his unpaid tax when threatened with legal action.

Note that the party has gone through several cycle of schisms over the issue of not being silly enough.