May the Best Party win

The Best Party, only established six months ago by comedian Jon Gnarr, has won local elections in the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik. The Best Party secured 34.7% of the vote, with the Independence Party’s polling 33.6%. Election pledges by the party include the suitably vague ‘sustainable transparency’ along with the more tangible free towels at all swimming pools and a new polar …

Waste no time

The eruption of Eyjafjallajökull (try saying that even before you’ve had a drink) caused air chaos throughout the world. A little strange to have ‘air chaos’ when we are all stuck on the ground. Purists, of course, may argue that it is a little too early to be making jokes about the volcano and that we should at least wait …