A poet and pirate offers alternative for Iceland


  • World
  • Thursday, 07 Apr 2016

OSLO/REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - A poet and former WikiLeaks supporter who says revolution is her favourite word, Birgitta Jonsdottir would probably become Iceland's next prime minister if elections were held tomorrow.

She leads the Pirate Party, set up by a group of outsiders and activists in 2012 with the same name as protest parties in other countries, and it would get a record 43 percent of the vote, according to an opinion poll released on Wednesday.

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