Yesterday things hotted up, Angelos and I went over to the protests after work. There must have been over a thousand people there, banging drums and various noise making objects. Later in the evening, it got violent, people began stoning the Police line and two officers were seriously hurt. Their blood is on the hands of the politicians, as Hranfkell said. The Police reacted with tear gas and pepper spray but the protests carried on until the early hours again. This morning there are maybe thirty or so people gathered in front of the Althingi, with a Police line in full riot gear.
The Prime Minister of Iceland, Geir Haarde, appeared on TV last night and was defending his government's position on the whole crisis. He was of the impression that the people had voted him in, so therefore the people were still behind his party. Take a look out of the fucking window, Geir!!
Thursday, 22 January 2009
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3 comments:
Is it some kind of left wing uprising or something dirty like that? Iceland needs a real LEADER to crush them.
I don´t think our lovely Geir will last long. He is so ignorant of what is going on in this country but I guess you can be if you are in a secure job and get enough paid each month. For the rest of us who cares. The money I get each month now isn´t even enough for my morgage, but I have to pay for the bank scru up and that is more important.
I hope all is well at work, maybe I´ll come for a visit soon.
Lísabet
Hes gone! hes resigned!
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