Friday, January 8, 2010

May I introduce the bloody-minded Icelanders -Lord Hattersley


Lord Hattersley has an artice in The Times today ,where he talkes about Iceland.
Lord Hattersley was Foreign minister 1974 - 1976, and visited Iceland to talk to the ICeland goverment during the cod war.
The article is here , and i recomend that you read it.

"If your ancestors were marauders, you’re not likely to have qualms about keeping £3.6 billion of somebody else’s money"

He also says "When those marauding old Norsemen found that they had mistaken Venice for Constantinople, they sacked it anyway because sacking was their business. Their progeny are not going to feel many qualms about keeping £3.6 billion of somebody else’s money."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6979915.ece


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