Icelandic petition 'We Are not terroists'

[Mich the Tester]

Although your post was I do think that GB has treated the Icelandic banks disgracefully

Yep, putting all that taxpayers’ money was particularly cruel.

[rootsnall]

Although your post was I do think that GB has treated the Icelandic banks disgracefully

Why ?

They were about to go under and we grabbed the money unlike with BCCI were the yanks grabbed the money and the UK account holders got nowt.

I know Cybertory thinks Northern Crock were a going concern flush with spare cash but with both this shower of tulip and the Icelandic banks they had had it with or without GB.

[Mich the Tester]

If the Icelanders can be forced to provide us all with free cod for the rest of our lives I’m sure we could iron out any diplomatic difficulties.

[Xenophon]

Agreed my grammer was poor

I'm gonna assume your error here was on purpose.

[DodgyAgent]

Why ?

They were about to go under and we grabbed the money unlike with BCCI were the yanks grabbed the money and the UK account holders got nowt.

I know Cybertory thinks Northern Crock were a going concern flush with spare cash but with both this shower of tulip and the Icelandic banks they had had it with or without GB.

Because Iceland is a member of NATO and an ally of the British. They are a very pro British nation. Using anti terror legislation to conduct a knee jerk reaction is appalling (and I hope all you who favour ID cards are looking at this). What Brown did was to effectively bankcrupt Iceland. No attempt oir little attempt has been made to discuss matters and find a way through the problem.
Brown is a Clunking fist Bully who would not have done this to a bank of a larger more powerful nation.

[Mich the Tester]

Because Iceland is a member of NATO and an ally of the British. They are a very pro British nation. Using anti terror legislation to conduct a knee jerk reaction is appalling (and I hope all you who favour ID cards are looking at this). What Brown did was to effectively bankcrupt Iceland. No attempt oir little attempt has been made to discuss matters and find a way through the problem.
Brown is a Clunking fist Bully who would not have done this to a bank of a larger more powerful nation.

Agreed that it was typical NuLabour bullying to use terrorism legislation, but that’s what they do to everybody these days; remember Walter Wolfgang?

[The Lone Gunman]

Agreed that it was typical NuLabour bullying to use terrorism legislation, but that’s what they do to everybody these days; remember Walter Wolfgang?

Just because the legislation used has the word terrorism in its title does not mean it was used against terrorists (though I think it was anti terror clauses that were used). That is just bluster from Icelandic ministers to gain sympathy and throw the trail off them.
The freeze on assets was only announced after Iceland announced it would not be protecting foreign money in its banks and that it would be defaulting on loans it had with other countries.
Hardly the actions of a friendly ally with good intentions.

[Mich the Tester]

Just because the legislation used has the word terrorism in its title does not mean it was used against terrorists (though I think it was anti terror clauses that were used). That is just bluster from Icelandic ministers to gain sympathy and throw the trail off them.
The freeze on assets was only announced after Iceland announced it would not be protecting foreign money in its banks and that it would be defaulting on loans it had with other countries.
Hardly the actions of a friendly ally with good intentions.

So if they give us all their fishing rights it’ll all be alright?

Oh, and perhaps some free electricity from their geothermal generators; they can borrow the money to pay for the cable..

[KentPhilip]

Why don't they launch a petition on the number-10 site?

[Mich the Tester]

I would happily support using terror legislation to grab thieving bastards like Richard Fuld who took huge bonuses while bankrupting their employers and thoroughly fooking the world’s economy. Maybe it’s time for Britain to use ‘extraordinary rendition’ tactics to drag irresponsible bank directors off to some Grottistan with no human rights and give them a bit of ‘enhanced interrogation’.