Iceland parliamentary election

[ObserverIE]

If people really are mad at the Social Democrats for not being left-wing enough, I'm surprised they aren't giving the Green-Left a shot. After all, they almost came in second last time.

Well, Green Left were also in the government that wasn't left-wing enough...

[ObserverIE]

11 PM, its 10PM GMT and 9PM local time.

<Pedantry>2100 GMT (Iceland doesn't operate summer time)</Pedantry>

[ObserverIE]

How much would people say that the Independence Party has in common with Fianna Fáil?

A great deal, but there is also some differences.

Pro
- Its nationalist and has its roots in a national liberation struggle
- Conservative, but in a broad tent way
- Build on patron/client networks
- Fairly corrupt
- Sees itself as the national party of its homeland contrary to other "special interest"/class parties

Con
- Eurosceptic
- Mainly urban
- Has Libertarian elements

From what I'm reading here, I'd have said that FF might have more in common with PP (at least in terms of where the types of area where their rural vote is coming from).