tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484145775280700939.post7493622161937997434..comments2019-07-12T07:37:06.811+01:00Comments on Herring and Class Struggle: Into the HurricaneBreiddalurblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678919253891181831noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484145775280700939.post-56149406481005614832011-10-02T18:57:22.206+01:002011-10-02T18:57:22.206+01:00The ruling coalition is SDP and the Left Green All...The ruling coalition is SDP and the Left Green Alliance. The Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir represents the left of the SDP who refused to go into coalition with the Tory Independence Party. The right of the SDP were in the coalition government with the reviled ex-pm Geir Haarde, this was the government that fell in Feb 2009. Jóhanna was personally popular because she used her own car rather than a free government one, and did not line her own pockets. However she has since been strongly in favour of the IMF deal and described the last referendum, which refused to repay Britain and the Netherlands, as the worst possible outcome. So she is now lumped together with the rest when the protestors were shouting today that the government doesn’t give a damn about ordinary Icelanders.Breiddalurblomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12678919253891181831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484145775280700939.post-85597456996526573972011-10-01T10:48:31.367+01:002011-10-01T10:48:31.367+01:00It's interesting that Iceland has tried an alt...It's interesting that Iceland has tried an alternative to austerity orthodoxy but is still depressing workers living standards. I wonder if the Labour left strategy for Britain would lead to similar results?<br /><br />Is the Althing dominated by a social democratic party?Comrade Markinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00002681047519721578noreply@blogger.com