Iceland election: polling day arrives with Pirate party looking for gains

Panama Papers and downfall of Progressive prime minister lead to early election where activist party has offered to give Edward Snowden asylum if it wins Iceland holds parliamentary elections on Saturday, with polls showing the opposition led by the anti-establishment Pirate party could topple the current centre-right ruling coalition. Icelanders' faith in their political and financial establishment was shaken after the 2008 financial crisis and further eroded during 2016 when several senior gov...