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Opinion polls put Pirate Party on course to form government in Iceland
Opinion polls put Pirate Party on course to form government in Icelandhttp://www.thejournal.ie/iceland-pirate-party-2926050-Aug2016/
THE VIKINGS WERE once the scourge of the North Atlantic, and their descendants are in line to vote the Pirate Party into government in Iceland later this year.
Earlier this year, Iceland’s ruling coalition and opposition agreed to hold early elections caused by the Panama Papers scandal, and the Pirate Party is one beneficiary.
Their platform includes direct democracy, 35-hour working weeks, drug decriminalisation, a new national constitution – and asylum for US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The Pirates are expected to field candidates in each constituency and until recently had been leading national opinion polls in the tiny nation of 232,000 people, which lies around 800 miles from the coast of Ireland.
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Footage from the Pirate Party National Convention:
