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This is a normal post I wasn't aware we nationalised our banks
I thought we kept them private and threw money at them and shuffled their boards around a little bit until they said "sorry, we promise to not fuck up again, here, let us help you write the govt policies that will definitely stop us fucking up again". Interested now? I only found out about it now. That was my concern.
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post Also, I'd suggest that people are getting more interested now
because they are now noticing that Iceland's economy is doing rather well and wondering what they've done differently.
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post They can pay us all the money they owe then?

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post Just found this, if it helps -
www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2028276/Iceland-set-pay-British-debt-months-following-massive-sale-retail-stakes.html
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post That was over a year ago
Did we get our money back and not told?

*checks bank account*

Also Ireland owes us a few quid, how are they doing?
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 11:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post hahaha, what am I, your Googling monkey??
I have no idea. Since when did good news make the headlines, anyway? You'd have to do a bit of digging to find out what actually happened next. Let me know what you find :-)
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 11:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post DANCE FOR ME GOOGLE MONKEY
*throws peanuts* *claps hands*
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 12:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post Northern Rock certainly were
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalisation_of_Northern_Rock

The others we held a majority stake in.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 11:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post Did you get as far as this bit?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalisation_of_Northern_Rock#Eventual_return_to_the_private_sector

It was sold to Virgin for a song, after we taxpayers plumped it up nicely (Or promised to, by way of borrowing money to give it and increasing our national debt)
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 11:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post Was it nationalised?
Yes it was.

As were Kaupthing, Glitnir, and Landsbanki. Of those the first two have had their assets returned to private ownership and the third is undergoing that process.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 11:59, , Reply)