Iceland gives two fingers to Gordon Brown over failed banks (05Jan10)

[iownall12able]

If you owe money you owe money if you can't pay you shouldn't take the risk.

It turns out Iceland has no armed forces... I think I know what what we should do...

[businesscoutinho]

@iownall12able It must have some kind of treaty with other countries which DO have well equipped armies.. or not? Anyway, I believe armed forces can be quickly raised, if need be...

[iownall12able]

@businesscoutinho I don't really mean war... that never ends well :P

Considering their huge geothermal energy potential they should build an undersea cable to Scotland and give us free (or very cheap) energy to pay the debt off. Once they pay it off it will be very useful for them and us.

[clintcastle]

I dont understand how the British investors expect to get bailed out when they are the ones who put their money at risk.. ITS CALLED AN INVESTMENT NOT UTOPIA your money is always at risk with investment you dont deserve to get it back at everyone else's expense .

[uxeivuda]

@clintcastle I agree - I think there is some sort of guarentee scheme, but why should we all pay????

[alboss13]

good for them... It was international corporations that stole the money not Iceland .. Britain should go look for their money in New York not in Iceland

[Icast4you]

Why The brits and the netherlands dont go and hount down those who are responsable for the mess!! Leaf the peoble of Iceland allone get the banksters! Ask them where your Money is instead of throwing it down there Greedy Throat! Iceland dose right to say kiss oure bud! Get lost and go and get it from those who actually commited the crime it was not the peoble of iceland!

[guest5577]

geez the brits are doing eveything they can to get OUT of the EU, and they think that's a threat to iceland , to not let them in it, lol

[BritishWarLord]

Pay Back for the Cod Wars...

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

@BritishWarLord Pay What back? You did not own the fish and neither did we.Did you need that fish? No,

Did we need it? Yes. It's because of the cod wars we were able to build hospital, our economy, hotels, shoping mals, police, fire brigate and so on.The fish we have now is 60% of everything we have. If our fish goes so goes the nation.You want to destroy a 1000 year old culture and starve it's people just so you can get a little pocket money?

You disscust me sir.

[BritishWarLord]

@TheIcelandicPatriot The comment was a Joke !!

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

@BritishWarLord Is that so? Maybe next time you could make it more clear okay? 

[BritishWarLord]

@TheIcelandicPatriot Yes Sir !

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

@BritishWarLord My apoligies i did not intend to be rude. Have a good day sir.

[scarletjamable]

I understand the Icelandic ppl being very angry with the British government & the money they lost, but there's also many British ppl who are angry too with our British governments too.

[jolliOA]

If iceland hed stayed with the danish we wouldin have any monney to lose idot

well we will stop you from geting into the eu i say fuck the britis goverment and i say you ar sopst to be alies and i say if we cent join eu i dont really want to but then i say get the fuck out of nato.

[jolliOA]

If iceland hed stayed with the danish we wouldin have any monney to lose idot

[Royalistur]

Iceland should have stayed the Danish province they used to be; it's their rightful place and they wouldn't be in the mess they are in now.

[SKANDALIR]

Icelandic people should not pay for private banks mistakes. There is nothing in the EU law that says that Iceland is supposed to pay it back.

[NitroxideHS]

@SKANDALIR banks know it too and they probably have not payed anything themselves but instead the debt is still there. Islandsbanki has money to repay it but it has not done it so far. And i dont know why the media is all silent about it.

[tigranvartanovitch]

The English lost their money. They should suck it in and cope.

[heyspacebeard]

Thieving bastards.

[kaa3164]

"hurr invade Iceland!"

The only reason the people have a problem here is because people like you exist. The uk isn't going to pay for the oil spill, every invidvidual in britain would be paying much less but your debt is higher.

The reason why you are talking shit against Iceland is not only that you're stupid and you know nothing about the subject but assholes always blame other people, even when they don't get anything out of it.

None that are against Iceland know anything about this.

[kaa3164]

No fucking way I'm paying for theese peoples stupidity.

It looks like nobody was thinking ahead, I'm not only talking about the bankers and I'm not only talking about people in Iceland.

[gerryboy3699]

i wanna move to Iceland. Seriously!

[campeona5]

Less of the U.K v Iceland BS please. This is the people v the greedy banksters and incompetent politicians!

[GautiDanLuffy]

FU UK AND FU GORDON BROWN ! your not geting a cent of my monney cus i dident get any of my monny !

[BestLoyalistMusic10]

Invade Iceland

[BritishWarLord]

Invade Iceland as compensation

[NitroxideHS]

If you want any tip from iceland (DO NOT HAVE ANY BUSINESS WITH THE IMF!!!!!!) They are the moust currupt of them all.

We are all considering not to take any loans and do not take part in a banking or economic theivery. We have been scammed by foreign and our own banks. Just to try to steal our soveregeignity and our resourses. Have a good one who ever stands up to the banks. This is not only in our country but in evry countrs as we speak stand up to curruption and say no, enough is enough. :P

[badseed136]

A thousand years ago, the British used to fear and crumble at the sight of Icelandic Viking ships arriving at the isles.

[artysm7]

@badseed136 that was 1000 years ago buddy i'd love to see your floppy dick nation try it on now!

[badseed136]

@artysm7 I´m not from Iceland, mate. And 62 million vs. 300 thousand would be unfair. Even with most of your military in the middle east, all because blair was impressed by bush´s cock and decided to suck it.

[LarisBananis]

arent*

[LarisBananis]

The whole country of Iceland is not to blame. It is the bankers and politicians that has fucked things up. It started in USA and swept over Europe like the plague. The icelandic people arend dumb.

But because you, the UK people, want to be big mouthed. Lets look at how many people graduate schools and universitys per capita, in iceland vs. Uk.

Now suck on that.

Ps: ive lived in england. Dont think youre smart.

[LordGodofMercy]

Where's my money?

[LarisBananis]

@LordGodofMercy get a job

[LordGodofMercy]

@LarisBananis

Have you got my money?

[LarisBananis]

@LordGodofMercy

yes i have money, which i earn for hard honest labour in denmark.

[LordGodofMercy]

@LarisBananis

Good, then as an honourable man you should pay off your debts.

[LarisBananis]

@LordGodofMercy

im a woman, i pay my bills. But your bankers r as dumb as mine. the icelandic n the english. go get a degree in something other then drug -use u rat. U pay taxes n shit in the country u live in. i payed mine in 4 -5 countries. u all owe me pension. bloed poes naai. kaffer eeey

[LordGodofMercy]

@LarisBananis

Apologies for wrong gender.You had your party time, now pay the bill. Ecky thump ee reet gut wolum!!!

[ClTIZEN]

Yeah well you better hope gordon brown doesnt give 2 fingers to iceland or you can kiss your arse goodbye.

[LarisBananis]

@ClTIZEN

u better hope ur mama dont give the finger or she gonna get her arse kissed goodbye to.

see , threats dont work. So bugger of. Britain aint the heart of the world. Actually your all pretty known for being stuffed up and heartless. The world dont rotate around u.

[BasslineHeavy]

TheresAGhostInMyBeer

I'm not paying extra tax for (im from the UK) because of Icelands own economic failure. Fuck that!

Why should we fuck ourselves? I pay for icelands failures and I become the fucking villain.

I can understand the Icelandic situation but I still think they can pay of only £3.8 billion over a long time. They're just avoiding what the rest of the world is doing, paying for our own countries mistakes (the bankers).

Im tired of the UK being stiffed, we're not givin them money

[stickitupyourasteric]

I am from the united States and we are the ones that fucked up the world banking system with our gangster bankers. I sa island should tell britian to screw itself

[TheVeryMuchSoShow]

@BasslineHeavy If you live in the UK you are going to get stiffed anyway,They tried to tax you for non existent global warming.They will tax you to death with or without Iceland.If you haven't noticed yet Brown,and the banks are psychotic like most of the so called global leaders.I think you are having a case of Orwellian doublethink going on.

2 wrongs don't make a right.You need to bait your leaders into a nice rubber room and quit blaming Iceland.

[ClTIZEN]

@BasslineHeavy

EU law means they will have to pay, or be kicked out of the EU, and the EU is the only thing from stopping iceland collapsing at the moment, it has NO industry. They will be paying, one way or another.

[TheresAGhostInMyBeer]

Im from the UK

And i hope to holy hell that Iceland dont give into the extortion pressure by the bent fucks in the British G-ment

Iceland shouldnt pay for the mistakes of a few fat cat bankers and especially the decision to save money with them by a few morons in regional council offices

[london2resistance]

haha economic suicide. No ones going to want to trade or invest in you now.

[TheVeryMuchSoShow]

@london2resistance They should grow hemp ! They can make fuel,textiles,foodstuffs,build­ing materials,plastics,paper,just about anything from it!

 The global gangbangers don't allow that because they sell carcinogenic petrodeath which justifies (in their sic minds)endless war and pollution.The investment game is nothing more t.han a pyramid scheme.Afghanistan is all about the heroin.And all that loot doesn't even go on the books.People better wake up to the insanity of the corruption levels here.

[Blunder1248]

OMG

Countries are built on money!!!

Who's going to invest in Iceland now if they take the money, live off it and build on it, but never pay it back?

Most of the money from the UK was Pensions from Government and Companies.

[lucius1976]

So, Iceland is not willing to pay UK and Holland back money that greedy investors who were looking for more profits lost. Well, i suggest a different payback, stinking rotten fish heads. Plenty of them.

[tmokleby]

There is now way they should pay. Great Britain and Holland can just f*** them-selfs!

[Blunder1248]

@tmokleby

Maybe you should learn about Economics before making un-educated remarks.

Your country was built on banking and now your saying to the World of Investors F__k off???

[jkiipli]

Iceland people have to blame their own government, which entered into European Economic Area and with that took the obligation to guarantee €20000 per bank account.

I'm sorry, but there is no point about public voting, legally it does not change anything. Of course there is no way to pay it back but this is another story.

[funster5000]

HEISTLAND

How on earth can paying a debt be 'unacceptable'?

For centuries, Icelanders have projected an image of old-fashioned moral rectitude. Looks like all along it was just a facade.

They splashed the cash - other people's cash - when the good times rolled and now they don't want to honour their debts.

So its time to rename the country: Heistland.

Because for the UK and Dutch taxpayers this was an old-fashioned, immoral, heist.

[biped19]

@funster5000

Bankers imploded that country and more will follow, including the UK & USA. Sorry, banks gamble and commit global fraud (derivatives/speculation) to the tune of ~1.5 quadrillion with the people's money. They did not "spend" anything trouser stain. Btw, which thieving bank do you work for?

[GunClingingPalin]

No payments to Crooks that commit fraud on Iceland. No payments.. keep the money as recompense for this fraud.

[uturniaphobic]

Iceland and Greenland have water most water anywhere almost...what a national treasure that is.

I'd say their water reserves are all the treasure this country needs to remain sovereign from any banking interests.

[jayskind]

What do you you mean Iceland can't join the Retard Class? Isn't the UK the top student!? Go Iceland, 327,000 people don't need much international banking anyways. Nancies over in UK and here in US can just suck it!

[dellbalboa]

m proud of iceland for standing up to these crooks.

[kornileus1]

how are 300.000 people(including old people and children) going to pay 3.8 billion dollars for something that they didn't even have any part in!

It was the greety ass bankers that started throwing our money away and now we have to pay it! If Britain hadn't put terrorist laws on us we would still have some of our banks and would be able to pay!

[LordGodofMercy]

@kornileus1

The third world has to pay its debts. Why shouldn't you?

[drmodestoesq]

@kornileus1 Also, my Icelandic friend, BP (that's BRITISH Petroleum) has befouled all the wetlands around the Mississippi delta. Are the the British taxpayers going to pick up the bill for that. No bloody way in hell. In addition, what's with all these calls in the comments to invade Iceland. Vikings versus the Teabags? My moneys on the Thor's mighty hammer any day of the weak.

[HailToTheSkunk]

@kornileus1 why should 300.000 British pensioners be out of pocket? when the crisis started thousands of brits where queueing to take there money of out the bank but your government came on UK tv and said that his government guaranteed them, when the banks collapsed your government only bailed out your own citizens and then the bank tried to steal all the assets from the uk that's when they where ceased using anti terror laws.

[0muffins0]

Time for a pre-emptive nuclear strike ...

[saevaroa]

You are just pure evil. Please think before you comment. :-)

[0muffins0]

@saevaroa I did think before I commented. I thought "well, we've got all these nuclear missiles just hanging about the place doing nothing, and Iceland is terribly cold and stuff. If we warmed up the place a bit maybe they could farm some cash crops and pay us back."

See, I'm full of love really.

:D

[saevaroa]

You probably noticed the smiley at the end. But the funny thing is the only place that is warm these days is Iceland. The rest of the world seems to be freezing. :-)

[RyarikTahZombieKat]

@0muffins0 iceland isnt cold >>

i live there >:U

its nice and warm most of the time

its just like any country :U

Greenland should be called iceland and iceland should be called greenland since our country is green while greenland is nothing but ice UwU

[doni89]

Are you fucking shitting me? shut the fuck up and get the fuck of the internet you fucking ape.

[RyarikTahZombieKat]

i wasnt talking to u mr.random person from the net c:

im just a bit sick of people saying that mah country is cold c:

[TheVoorwaarden]

This is not as big news in the Netherlands as what I have seen in British media as well which reinforces my view that we would have given Iceland more time.

[GrEaTeSt786]

the referendum is obviously going to be a no

[TheVoorwaarden]

Indeed but I don't want to lay any blame here but the Dutch have only been forced to this because Britain decided to go ahead and pursue the debt. I honestly believe the Dutch would have given Iceland longer time to think about this, but because the UK have gone ahead with pressing Iceland we had no choice but to follow - if the Dutch government didn't, it would have made people think the authority here dont care about our people's moneys.

[JaneFokster]

All Icelanders profited from the irresponsible behaviour of their banks.

From a Yale interview with the Minister of Business Affairs of Iceland:

"Just to take one example, the import of cars, especially fairly expensive cars, just went through the roof. At one point, Iceland was importing more Range Rovers than the rest of Scandinavia, which is 100 times as large a market. People were caught up in the euphoria and feeling very rich and using it to finance that sort of expenditure."

[FatKittensMedia]

ICELAND DOES NOT AND HAS NEVER WANTED TO JOIN THE EU.

It was simply requested to see what kind of deal was possible to get. But not even the peoples in charge of getting a good deal joining the EU want to join it.

Less than 20% want to join.

So you can not use the over used "hahaha you won't be able to join the EU if you don't pay". So what. We won't anyways.

[FatKittensMedia]

not even the people*

stupid stupid stupid spelling mistake

[SuperGamli]

The brithish using the IMF to force someone to to something is wrong... The IMF is not supose to be a political enforcer but a healping hand for countrys in need. Just shows that the brits and the dutch still play there colonial bully roles to the fullest.

[JaneFokster]

You really don't get it, do you?

[SuperGamli]

enlight me

[donzipower]

Latvia will be the next, I hope!!! Thanks to Iceland!!!

[TheVoorwaarden]

@donzipower Latvia have been saved because they joined the EU and are therefore entitled to significant EU financial support. Iceland is not, so no, Latvia will be looked after by the European Union thankyou.

[thetruth786110]

Are my eyes gone blind or do i see a crack in the west? lols

[UKMonarchist]

so when 25% of the population signs for a referendum in iceland they get it but when 85% of the people want one on the Lisbon Treaty in the UK we can't have it..... WTF?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!

[TheVoorwaarden]

Listen to you stupid idiots. You are saying things like "fuck the banks and states" yet it was the Icelandic people's OWN DECISION to modernize in-line with European policy.

The Dutch people will get our money back and make sure Iceland will pay for this treachery.

They were perfectly happy to live a life of luxury on the interest of foreign investors and they think we the Dutch people paid this for free? No chance.

[coltrane1966]

@TheVoorwaarden I promise you this - You will never ever see your money again!

[TheVoorwaarden]

Stop being horrible! That €billion could have gone to charities and other useful things here and I am sure the money as well going into UK would have been better spent - such as your National Health service which I hear is not doing too well! I only hope that none of your relatives die in this nasty weather because the authorities didn't have enough money to deal with it.

[coltrane1966]

I wasn't being horrible I actually have some sympathy for your views even if I don't quite agree them.

We have all been hoodwinked and conned but I think you don't see who the real criminals are.

I wish you could have kept your own money to give and do with as you please since YOU earnt it.

Separation of state and economics now, it's time we all learnt this!!

As for the NHS, I detest it! I've already had a healthy friend die because it!

[TheVoorwaarden]

@coltrane1966 you have my condolences /hug

[pondman27]

Wouldn't it be refreshing to actually ask a people whether they want to be held in bondage to a criminal cabal.

We need a new monetary system that eliminates usury in all its forms. Given that Taxation is nothing more than interest paid to the global banking system that is central to the problems we see.

These banks, have deceived the entire world with nothing more than conjuring tricks that displace & remove the humanity within a society. Time to let them go. Predatory parasites that kill

[coltrane1966]

@pondman27 we need a separation of state and economics!

[pondman27]

I disagree, we need a society that is based upon lawful contract free from the laws of banking & commerce, free of fictional personas that have no soul.

But we already have the core ingredients. We can trade without resorting to fictional tokens, but via honorable mutualistic trades of skills and resources between human beings.

This is known as the alternative economy & as I write, its expanding at a tremendous rate. Soon, we will re-establish community exchanges & eliminate the finance houses

[pondman27]

It is a blasphemy of the modern fictional reality portrayed by fictional entities that without banks, people cannot exist.

Stop for just a moment and ask what these banks have brought to the world other than fictional pieces of paper. The repayments are the only real equity that are extr5acted from the populace to do what?

To perpetuate war, corporate collusion & the fattening of the coffers of such desperately vicious entities such as Is Ra El.

DO NOT GIVE THEM ANYTHING, THEY BRING NOTHING

[DE4THbyFE4R]

"recently it's become more clear that the nation needs to be CONvinced that it's the nation itself that decides the outcome"

[anyfekinnamewilldo]

Good on ya Iceland! Fuck the state, fuck the banks!

[wrathofgod86668]

Well done Iceland.Hopefully their masters will give them a referendum on whether they should join the eu or not.