Icelandic PM: British brought down Icelands largest company with their abuse of power

Seajays

Icelandic PM this morning said

“We neither can nor will, Icelanders, accept being cast as terrorists by the British government. When I asked the British Minister of Finance, in our conversation if they were serious about the title they were giving us, he denied it. But acting in this fashion against a smaller nation of friends in times of trouble is neither proper nor ethical,” said Haarde.

He continued that following clear and unambiguous Icelandic complaints, the British authorities had backed somewhat away from their position and that there were efforts towards normalizing relations between the countries.

“However the fact remains that the British authorities may have caused immense damage with their brutish behaviour. Among other, they may have brought down Iceland’s largest company with their abuse of power this week. We must look in all seriousness into the possibility of litigation because of these deeds,” said PM Haarde.

http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2008/10/11/the-british-brought-down-icelands-largest-company-with-their-abuse-of-power/

Tom_Jones

If that's the case then the Icelandic PM should have ensured their was sufficent money in the Passport scheme to repay every investor..

I'm starting to get really !!!!ed off at the Iclandic PM, seize every one of their assets and sell them, in a fire sale, as soon as possible and repay the investor.

Swipe

He brought it on his country when he said that Icesave was frozen but Landsbanki would continue with business as usual and Iceland's domestic deposits were safe,

Oblivion

Brutish British eh? I think this idiot of a prime miniscule is auditioning for the forthcoming pantomime season. He's behind your savings .... oh no he isn't! :rotfl:

Dave.

JohnnyJet

Eh!! He stole our money, what's he talking about? I'm changing my mind about him!!

JayTee99_2

No, not brutish britsh. i would say realistic.
you need to move quickly these days to stop funds disappearing back to Iceland.

i think Gordon Brown and Alastair Darling are really on the ball this time!

Haarde (now PM) was Iceland's finance minister from 1998 to 2005 so was directly responsible for the bank's rapid growth and expansion overseas.
He hasn't shown the slightest concern for the UK savers or in The Netherlands.

no sympathy for him from me, i'm afraid ..

iamesbo

Swipe wrote: »

He brought it on his country when he said that Icesave was frozen but Landsbanki would continue with business as usual and Iceland's domestic deposits were safe,

That's sandard buisness practise that's what happened at Farepak, the government OK it.
It's all above board, Brown has acted illegally against his own laws.
Disgraceful.

NumbersGuy_2

He is just trying to save his own skin - he was actually their Finance Minister from 1998-2005 and advocated privatisation of their banks. Consider how many people blame Brown for the way the UK economy is, then imagine how the locals could feel about Haarde if he doesn't try to deflect things!

Kaupthing was going down anyway. He was going to try to prop it up with British Icesavers cash by nationalising Landsbanki and stealing the deposits but the dominos had already been set in motion with the first two banks being nationalised.

The man is clearly a disgrace but he's fighting for survival.

edwinac_2

Seajays wrote: »

Icelandic PM this morning said [very rude things of Blighty]

With intemperate words like those, Mr Haarde should take care.

He's cut the odds of falling victim to an "accident" in a light aircraft. The Kennedys seem particularly prone to that type of tragedy. War critic, Senator Paul Wellstone also fell victim, more recently.

Or Haarde could suffer a fatal "fall" while hill climbing. stumbling to his death like Al Qaeda myth-buster, Robin Cook MP, tragically did in August 2005.

Haarde now risks a sudden and massive heart attack, of the type that cruelly snuffed out the life of John Smith, the late Labour party leader. Smith's death ushered in the regime of the Bilderberg protege, Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, who, fortuitously, was ready to take office on Smith's vacation.

Anyone see what just happened to Joerg Hader, another political outcast? Hader, the "controversial" governor of the Austrian province of Carinthia, was killed in a tragic road "accident".. Oops-a-daisy.

bigg

edwinac wrote: »

With intemperate words like those, Mr Haarde should take care.

He's cut the odds of falling victim to an "accident" in a light aircraft. The Kennedys seem particularly prone to that type of tragedy. War critic, Senator Paul Wellstone also fell victim, more recently.

Or Haarde could suffer a fatal "fall" while hill climbing. stumbling to his death like Al Qaeda myth-buster, Robin Cook MP, tragically did in August 2005.

Haarde now risks a sudden and massive heart attack, of the type that cruelly snuffed out the life of John Smith, the late Labour party leader. Smith's death ushered in the regime of the Bilderberg protege, Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, who, fortuitously, was ready to take office on Smith's vacation.

Anyone see what just happened to Joerg Hader, another political outcast? Hader, the "controversial" governor of the Austrian province of Carinthia, was killed in a tragic road "accident".. Oops-a-daisy.

He might be suffocated by his own wig. :rotfl:

Scrundog

The Icelandic people are OK and I have got respect for them, apparently about 30 people there are responsible for this mess they should be rounded up while we still have a use for them..... Big Cat Diary finishes in 2 days.