The Best Party and Jón Gnarr

“Stop corruption: We promise to stop corruption. We’ll accomplish this by participating in it openly.” Now that’s a political promise I can get behind! And this just one of the excellent items in the platform of The Best Party, led by Reykjavík’s current mayor Jón Gnarr.

Jón Gnarr at the 2011 naming of the Reykjavík Tree… possibly yawning. [Photo by Helgi Halldórsson]

For most of his career, Jón Gnarr was an Icelandic comedian and writer. He went by the name of “Jónsi Punk” when he played bass...