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Doddsson sweeps the corners (IcelandWeatherReport)

So, it’s been a while since we’ve heard anything of our friend Davíð Oddsson: he who has the ability to turn Icelandic society on its head with one pithy remark; he who was instrumental in launching the Icelandic rise-and-fall with the privatization of the banks; he who installed himself in a cushy job at the Central Bank shortly after deciding to step down as Prime Minister and evidently forgot that he might actually need some expertise; he who failed to back up the foreign currency reserves; he who lowered the reserve requirements for Landsbanki and then said the Icelandic nation would swallow Icesave – if it felt like it.

This is the same Davíð Oddsson who was recently made editor of Iceland’s longest-established newspaper Morgunblaðið and who is busy rewriting history up there on a daily basis. The same guy who fired a bunch of highly experienced journalists when he took over as editor, most significantly the head of the Icelandic journalists’ union.

Well. A few days ago the deputy head of the journalists’ union returned to work at Morgunblaðið after her maternity leave. And guess what?

Doddsson fired her, too.

Which just goes to prove that the man is nothing if not thorough.