In an interview with local paper Frettabladid, the actor Daniel Craig urged reconciliation “sátt”.
“Our nations seem to fall apart with a few-year-intervals, and I have no idea why,” says James Bond actor Daniel Craig in an interview published in the Icelandic newspaper Frettabladid. “We need to watch out for each other instead of going this way, Iceland and the UK always seem to have the urge to be arguing, but I hope that we can solve this. The last thing we should be doing is arguing over money”.
When asked if he was not the candidate to solve this crisis, Daniel Craig said “I am not sure if my accounting skills are good enough”.
Icelanders have had it in for Gordon Brown since he froze Icelandic assets in the UK using the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act. Craig knows about the matter. “I do not know what to say. It’s a question of where people stored their money and made investments. The whole world is bleeding because of this, people that handled depositors’ money made mistakes.”
“I am not sure if Iceland and Gordon Brown will be friends again, but…” said Craig and paused, then continued saying “I do not know what to say, it’s just all about money”.
Daniel Craig has been introducing his new James Bond movie “Quantum of Solace” being previewed in Iceland on the 7th November. Around 55.000 Icelanders saw the last movie, Casino Royal.
Frankly, I would have taken a quote from the origional and not a copy.
I would have asked Trebitch-Lincoln who put together a plan to kill Stalin with a female that came unglued or his creating an astrological chart to get the second in command under Hitler to jump out of a bumbershoot, and land in the UK with hopes of ending World War II before it started.
It would have meant more to me from Trebitch-Lincoln to have provided his imput, as one who set in motion in pre communist China the kidnapping of Sun yat-Sin’s first wife whom he placed in Japan, as Mr. Sun married one of the Soog sisters, and where a Canadian called, Two Gun Cohen or General Ma played a key role in it. Come to think of it, I would rather spend my money on this than all the Ian Fleming movies other than Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!
True enough, the BOE is state owned since 1946
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/parliament/index.htm
There would appear to be an amount of sympathy for Iceland’s plight amongst the Scottish voters, as referred to by William in another thread.
Not that Iceland would be at all be a direct election issue but there is a popular perception there that Brown is an arrogant bully. Brown had the mistaken impression that the current dispute with Iceland would work in his political favour in the Glenrothes bi-election.
“Bank of England (A privately owned bank)”
Not for 60+ years.
@William Watson.
I can’t foget when the infaous Peter London calimed that only a Scottish nationalist would know about the labour party and SNP at the scottish elections.
So to elaborate on that you have to be a Scottish Nationalist or Swedish citizen as I heard something about in the news here. in order to be informed in this matter? Or could it be that Peter-London is living on planet London totally isolated from what is going on the the world?
Anyway in the news “they say that Brown is hoping that his handling of the financial crisis would help him defeat SNP”. Mind you this would not be the first time Bank of England (A privately owned bank) Has played part in economic turmoil, for political reasons.
I will allow myself to adapt a quote Robert Burns Scotland’s favourite son: Will the Scots be “bought and sold for English gold”
Although I share the boredom of many in hearing opinions from celebrities out of their depth I do wonder what another Bond – some would say *the* Bond – might have to say about Gordon Brown’s opportunistic attacks on Iceland since the 8th October.
Perhaps something, as Sir Sean Connery of course is well known for his support of Scottish independence and the Scottish Nationalist Party. Sir Sean is backing Peter Grant, the SNP candidate in the Glenrothes by-election:
“…keep showing the people of Glenrothes the SNP is on their side and I have every confidence that they will send a strong message on November 6.”
The Glenrothes by-election is tomorrow so we will see. Here is what Connery recently said* on Scotland and Iceland (April 2008):
“It’s no secret that I believe Scotland’s future is as an independent country. My entire life experience tells me that nations are best governed when they are self-governed. I look with admiration and envy at the successful paths taken by countries that have claimed independence in the 20th century: Norway, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and many others.
Iceland declared its independence in the 1940s, and is now ranked as the most prosperous country in the world by the UN. (And Iceland’s population of 300,000 is less than the size of Edinburgh!)
So we should all welcome a conversation on Scotland’s future – secure in the knowledge that the people are the best arbiters of the country’s course.”
*http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article3822992.ece
Yes indeed, I wonder what Sir Sean would have to say about Brown’s actions.
He sounds like a fool.
I think the reason why his words are warranted is that Two James Bond films have been shot in Iceland and therefore, there is at least some connection albeit a small one.
I think he is the best JB for a long time, he has given the Character attitude and charisma again, that Sean used to do.
James bond is cool again, man of few but well chosen words.
…Or Björk and other musicians for that matter.
But at least Mr Craig has got the right end of the stick in this matter.
lol @ Koben…true
Seriously, who cares what Daniel Craig is saying? How about asking Ben stiller what is thinks about all this?