The Iceland Crisis

Iceland are in a financial mess, but they know what to do about it:



Speaking of which, why can't we have MPs like Birgitta Jónsdóttir here?

I mean because of what she says about the crisis, obviously. Not because she is amazingly cute. No Sir.

Iceland's Revenge

You didn't think they would take it lying down, did you? Those plucky Icelanders, heroes of a thousand violent sagas, warriors who would cut down an enemy with a broadsword, then hack open his chest and pull out the lungs to feed the ravens?

When Gordon Brown blamed them for the financial crisis, and then went on to sequester their assets using legislation designed to foil terrorists, he didn't seriously think they would take it lying down?

Well, today little old Iceland grounded the entire UK aircraft fleet and brought chaos to the airways of Europe - something Al Qaeda have so far signally failed to do. And the Met Office said there would be dust in the sky, and dust in the sky means spectacular sunsets, so off we went with our cameras. The sunset tonight wasn't as fabulous as I had hoped, but it was certainly something out of the ordinary.

Here's the view from Newgale Hill, with Dinas Fach, Pen Dinas and Green Scar at about 8.15 tonight (click for bigger):