Olafur Ragnar Grimsson

In his last two posts, blogger Daði Rafnsson looks back at the words of an Icelandic political legend, Vilmundur Gylfason,

While Icelanders have been endlessly debating IceSave, our unemployment rate has continued to climb, the number of insolvencies has continued to increase, and public services have continued to decrease.

It's incumbent upon the Icelandic media and political establishment to educate the public on the reasons for and against Icesave. If we're serious about fighting for political reform and transparency that our country needs, here's a good place to start.

While legislators were hammering out a deal that would keep Iceland from being labeled a pariah state by the IMF and ratings agencies, President Ragnar was protecting his oligarch friends.

The Icelandic people will, for the first time, directly exercise the nation's sovereign power in a referendum in March to approve or reject the proposed settlement of the IceSave dispute.

I believe that none of the Icelandic political parties are actually standing up for the average Icelandic person.