If the U.K. hadn’t have done what they did then Icelandic customers would have received back their deposits in Icelandic banks,which I think is perfectly fair but also more then a billion Pounds Sterling belonging to British depositors would have effectively disappeared.
The Ninjas vs Vikings vs Pirates rivalry would be settled with a domestic cleaning frenzy? :eek:
On a slightly more serious note, the UK’s decision is a terrible one. If, for example, GM or Ford filed for bankruptcy, would Gordon Brown seize their UK car plants and freeze their assets?
If they also operated banking systems, probably yes.
Then again, we are talking about America, and British PMs are traditionally America’s poodles. So he probably would have growled fiercely, or perhaps whimpered like a dog might do if you leave the food bowl empty too long.
We’re quite innovative in our usage of alcohol, but in that case I just meant that a Polar Bear would be the biggest thing the guns on the Coast Guard Vessels (no Navy, just Coast Guard) could hurt.