After the lava, Iceland now wants "The Best"

Just when you thought Iceland had been in the news enough, today their elections make the headlines. A party that calls itself "the Best" has won local elections in the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik.

The Best Party, founded by comedian Jon Gnarr, secured 34.7% of the vote, ahead of the Independence Party's 33.6%.

Its campaign video featured candidates singing to the tune of Tina Turner's "Simply The Best".

Key pledges included "sustainable transparency", free towels at all swimming pools and a new polar bear for the city zoo.

The party also called for a Disneyland at the airport and a "drug-free parliament" by 2020.

As well as specific pledges, its video promised change, a "bright future" and suggested that it was time for a "clean out".

The Best Party was only established six months ago. Its victory means it will hold six seats on the 15-member city council.

Commentators suggest it has benefited from voters' loss of trust in government and the establishment in the wake of the country's banking collapse in 2008.

According to Iceland Review Online, several local races saw parties that were in power ousted in the polls.


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Disney hint for future happy meal gifts

Disney has announced some of its plans for films over the next few years, or should we say, what your children will be demanding you buy clothes and toys, while you just know burger stores will have items in their children’s happy meals.
Coming out in 2012 will be an animated follow up to Pixar’s 2001 hit “Monsters Inc” which featuring the voices of Billy Crystal and John Goodman made more than $525m wordwide.

Another Pixar film The Bear and the Bow, is to be renamed Brave and have its release put back to the end of 2011.

For those who can remember the world of Kermit, Miss Piggy etc, Disney is also going to make a new Muppets movie, to be directed by Flight of the Conchords creator James Bobin, will introduce a new puppet character called Walter.

Other future projects from Disney-Pixar include a retelling of the Winnie the Pooh story using hand-drawn animation and Frankenweenie, a stop-motion cartoon based on a story by Tim Burton.

Before that Pixar will release Toy Story 3 this summer, with a Cars sequel due in cinemas next year.

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