Þetta má lesa í uppgjöri ársins hjá Daily Telegraph.
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E is for Editor. David Oddsson, the former prime minister of Iceland, was offered the chance to rewrite history after being appointed editor of the country’s only broadsheet newspaper. Oddjob might be more appropriate.
His new employer didn’t seem worried by Oddsson’s standing on the world stage. The politician was previously listed in Time magazine’s choice of 25 people to blame for the financial crisis.
Still, the Icelandic meltdown did offer opportunities for the bargain-hunters. Baugur boss Jon Asgeir Johannesson was forced to hold a car boot sale of the retailer’s office furniture after the business collapsed. Such was the Man In Black’s fall from grace that he was spotted flying economy on the way to London. A hack described him as “grumpy and bad tempered”. Poor lamb.
