When will we do what Iceland did? Thats it Im ordering Jon Knarrs book. In late 2009 Jón formed the Best Party with a number of other people who had no background in politics, including Einar. The Best Party, which is a satirical political party that parodies Icelandic politics and aims to make the life of the citizens more fun,[8] managed a plurality in the 2010 municipal elections in Reykjavík,[9][10] with the party gaining six out of 15 seats on the Reykjavík City Council (34.7 percent of the vote). Einar, who was second on the partys list behind Jón, won one of the seats on the city council. Jón ended up defeating the centre-right Independence Party-led municipal government of Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, which came as a shock to Icelandic Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir. Jóns victory is widely seen as a backlash against establishment politicians in the wake of Icelands 2008-2011 financial crisis.[11] Jóns political platform included promises of free towels in all swimming pools, a polar bear for the Reykjavík zoo, all kinds of things for weaklings, Disneyland in the Vatnsmýri area, a drug-free Althing by 2020, sustainable transparency, tollbooths on the border with Seltjarnarnes, to do away with all debt, free access to Hljómskálagarðurinn (orchestral rotunda park).[12][13] Upon being elected, Jón announced that he would not enter a coalition government with anyone that had not watched the HBO series The Wire.[14] He is an avid watcher of the series, and stated his favorite character is Omar.[15] Ultimately, Jóns Best Party entered into a coalition with the social-democratic Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) as its junior partner to govern Reykjavík.
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