Poetic Justice for the Icelandics??

[barney15c]

Iceland as a nation were close to bankruptcy during the financial crisis and Icelendic bank crisis and pretty much told to get on with it themselves by the financial institutions of Europe and USA. Does it seem a bit like divine retribution that a year on an Icelendic Volcano has brought chaos to Air Travel in Europe over the last few days.

The Norse Gods at Work possibly.

Might be a few wry smiles in Iceland!!!

[joggerjayne]

But it was the Icelandic banks who caused that problem in the first place !

[jno]

we send them cash, they send us ash.

(Now that's what I call poetic.)

[webbo3]

Iceland close to bankruptcy and then they set fire to their island, is this the mother of all insurance jobs?


Dave.

[KARL]

Interesting thought - maybe the UK should release confiscated assets so Iceland can pay the Icesave money as they have repeatedly said they intend to (but can't with a knife to their throats). Also, maybe the UK should also transfer to an interest bearing account the quarantined loan repayments received in the UK on the Icelandic bank's lending portfolio. Apparently this now totals something approaching £2 billion - all on zero percent under the Bank of England's protection. How could the pesky Icelanders vote against accepting a deal that forced a "loan" on them at 5.6% ?

[boxtops]

I believe it's fairly smelly and ashy up there Lucy, I saw a report on the news that many can't go out of their homes, particularly if they have respiratory problems.