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Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]
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« on: March 07, 2010, 10:17:44 AM »
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http://www.france24.com/en/20100307-iceland-votes-down-deal-pay-bank-collapse-bill-icesave-referendum
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k-onmmunist
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« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2010, 10:21:57 AM »
Simple then. We don't help them again.
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2010, 11:29:33 AM »
Almost complete results with 98.3% of the votes counted:

141.284 total votes counted (of 143.784):

131.639 - NO (93.2%)
2.513 - YES (1.8%)
6.648 - Blank (4.7%)
484 - Invalid (0.3%)

Turnout: 143.784 of 230.032 (62.5%)
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« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2010, 12:20:19 PM »
Ha ha, that's pretty damned decisive!
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2010, 12:22:22 PM »
"Do you want to give your money to the British ?" Not surprising results...

The only thing I fail to understand is why the hell they bothered to organize a referendum on this. If they didn't want to pay they could simply have the ball to say it.
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Meeker
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« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2010, 12:26:51 PM »
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I don't get it - why was this referendum held?

EDIT: Ah, Icelandic constitutional law. I see.
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