Brownwen Maddox, sem er mjög virt sem dálkahöfundur og sérfræðingur í alþjóðamálum, skrifar í The Times að Ísland hvorki eigi að borga Icesave né geti það.
Greinin hefst með svofelldum orðum:
„Iceland is right. Britain (and the Netherlands) should give way on the demand that it should pay them back in full for losses in the collapsed Icesave online bank. They will probably have to do so — but before they give way their stubbornness may drive Iceland, now within sight of joining the European Union, to the level of international basket case.„
