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The Enemy Reveals Himself →  March 7, 2010 5

With a smug grin he revealed last night and today what he had wanted all along. It wasn’t a national referendum on IceSave. It was for the government he opposes to resign. Steingrimur J. Sigfusson asked the nation how it thought an agreement could be made with a saboteur on our very own negotiating team. Of course [...]

National Referendum: A Sad Day For Democracy in Iceland →  March 5, 2010 24

Tomorrow is the first national referendum Icelandic citizens have been allowed to participate in by the political elite since the conception of the republic in 1944. By all measures, this should be a happy day for democracy in Iceland. But instead it is not a cause for celebration but a large milestone in the farcical power [...]

No Vote In IceSave Referendum →  February 26, 2010 1

I for one am not going to participate in this distortion of democracy which has brought us a national referendum on IceSave. Of course I would say no to paying for the insane way Landsbankinn went about its business. Today, Halldor J. Kristjansson, one of their CEO’s is on record saying that there were meetings in [...]

InDefence: Request For A Meeting With The Dutch Finance Committee →  January 22, 2010 1

I don’t know about you but I have no desire at all to have the InDefence group appear on my nation’s behalf at the Dutch Parliament. “The InDefence group organized a petition in Iceland asking the president of Iceland not to sign the Icesave laws. The petition was signed by close to 25% of voters in Iceland [...]

InDefence’s Next Petition? (Video) →  January 8, 2010 0

Word is that new legislative body Olafur Ragnar Grimsson is acting quickly to ban all traces of DiHydrogen Monoxide from Iceland. (Sorry could not resist )

Unexpected Support Against IceSave →  December 11, 2009 1

It is really nice to see the support the InDefence group has received in its fight against the IceSave agreement as this screen  shot from their website where Icelanders are urged to sign a petition for the president to veto the bill once it is out of Althingi. Icelanders are especially touched by Brad Pitt taking the [...]

Iceland’s Sheep On The Bandwagon →  November 27, 2009 3

The sheepish nature of Icelanders has revealed itself in three distinct ways during the last year. It is truly amazing what people sign up for without checking the small print.  Icelanders are doing their best to portray themselves as naive and gullible by running like a herd of sheep towards events and projects without asking [...]

IcelandTalks: The Indefence group, Kaupthing and the Progressive party →  August 18, 2009 2

When he was voted in a highly organised coop, the chairman of the Progressive party, he no longer spoke on behalf of the group. He was still seen with them and plays a very important part there. Or should we say that the group plays an important part in his politics.  The Indefence group not [...]

→  April 22, 2009 6

Finally people seem to realise that EU membership is something the nation needs to confront sooner rather than later.  While the special interest parties have spread fear and loathing towards the EU, more and more citizens are waking up to the fact that Iceland’s standing in the world is becoming more and more perilious. The issue [...]