Breskir blaðamenn sjá það sem sumum á Íslandi er fyrirmunað að koma auga á.

Hvað það er neyðarlegt að þeir sem öllu hruninu á Íslandi séu ennþá valdamiklir á Íslandi og á fullu að reyna að endurskrifa söguna sér í hag.

Um þetta er skrifað í í hinu frjálslynda Independent.

„Chief among them is David Oddsson, the prime minister who oversaw the privatisation of the banks that led to the meltdown in 2003, and then went on to spend four years as governor of the central bank. If that transition seems unlikely enough for a man with no economic training, his more recent move is similarly perplexing: Oddsson is now editor of Morgunbladid, an influential national newspaper. It is as if Tony Blair had stepped down to succeed Mervyn King, only to jack it in in favour of the top job at The Independent.“

Í grein Independent er einnig minnst á mann sem skrifaði bók með hinum fjarska neyðarlega titli „Hvernig getur Ísland orðið ríkasta land í heimi?“

Um þetta var líka í áramótauppgjöri Daily Telegraph, málgagns breska Íhaldsflokksins, um daginn, á mjög svipuðum nótum.

„E is for Editor. David Oddsson, the former prime minister of Iceland, was offered the chance to rewrite history after being appointed editor of the country’s only broadsheet newspaper. Oddjob might be more appropriate.

His new employer didn’t seem worried by Oddsson’s standing on the world stage. The politician was previously listed in Time magazine’s choice of 25 people to blame for the financial crisis.

Still, the Icelandic meltdown did offer opportunities for the bargain-hunters. Baugur boss Jon Asgeir Johannesson was forced to hold a car boot sale of the retailer’s office furniture after the business collapsed. Such was the Man In Black’s fall from grace that he was spotted flying economy on the way to London. A hack described him as “grumpy and bad tempered”. Poor lamb.“