IF ONLY AMERICANS COULD BE AS DEFIANT AND FREE. FUCK AMERICA I'M MOVING.
Icelanders have resoundingly rejected a plan to repay £2.3 billion in savings to the UK, prompting Chancellor Alistair Darling to state that the British Government could be "flexible" over repayment terms.
With all but 2,500 of the 143,784 ballots counted, 
93% had voted "no" with
just 1.8% in favour of reimbursement to the UK and Holland governments
following the collapse of savings bank Icesave.
The Treasury was understood to be "disappointed" but "not surprised" at the result.
Mr Darling insisted that getting the money back was the "fundamental point" but added that it could take some time.
The UK was forced to compensate tens of thousands of UK savers after the collapse in 2008, and Mr Darling said it was likely to be "many, many
years" before Britain was repaid by Iceland.
He told BBC One's Politics Show: "You couldn't just go to a small country like Iceland with a population
the size of Wolverhampton and say: 'Look, repay all
that money immediately'.
"So we've tried to be reasonable, the fundamental point for us is that we get our money back - but on the terms and conditions and so on, we're prepared to be flexible."
The British and Dutch governments want reimbursement for the 3.8bn euros (£3.4bn) they paid out in compensation to customers in 2008.
Talks between Iceland, Britain and the Netherlands to come up with a better deal to try to avert the referendum broke down at the end of last week.
Many voters in Iceland have objected to the tough terms of the deal imposed by the debtor countries, not the idea of payment itself. It would
seemingly require each person to pay around 135 dollars (£89) a month
for eight years - the equivalent of a quarter of an average four-member
family's salary.
THE LAST PART OF THIS ARTICLE IS OUT RIGHT SPIN THERE IS A GIGANTIC MOVEMENT IN ICELAND AND THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY A DIME,I'M TEMPTED TO TAKE THAT BIT OUT BUT THAT WOULDN'T BE RIGHT.
As we all know Iceland forced their government into collapse last year and now with this latest move Id say they can rightly be called the most defiant people of Europe or even the western hemisphere,God bless them for it!
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