Author Archives: HHG

O’Sullivan on the Iron Lady: Sunday 13 October 17–19

Posted on 07.10.13

Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Kesteven, leader of the Conservative Party in 1975–1990 and Prime Minister in 1979–1990, passed away on 8 April 2013. She is one of the most successful and respected British politicians of all times and the only one … Continue reading →

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The Bank Collapse, Five Years On: Monday 7 October, 17–19

Posted on 01.10.13

An international conference on the Icelandic bank collapse, five years on, will take place in Reykjavik Monday 7 October 2013, 17–19, in meeting room N-132 in Askja, the Natural Sciences House of the University of Iceland. Dr. Eamonn Butler analyses … Continue reading →

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Oddsson on the Bank Collapse: Freedom Dinner 7 October 2013

Posted on 26.09.13

David Oddsson, Editor of Morgunbladid, was Governor of Iceland’s Central Bank during the collapse of the Icelandic banks on 7 October 2008, and before that Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in 1991–2005. Tuesday evening 7 October 2008 Governor Oddsson appeared … Continue reading →

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Gissurarson: Iceland Taken Down?

Posted on 25.09.13

Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, a member of RNH’s Academic Council, gave a lecture on the 2008 Icelandic bank collapse at the Freedom Summit of European Young Conservatives in Cambridge 22 September 2013. Gissurarson agreed with one of the main conclusions … Continue reading →

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Elliott: Against Government Waste and High Taxes

Posted on 24.09.13

Matthew Elliott, who founded the British Taxpayers’ Alliance, gave a talk at a well-attended meeting of RNH and the Icelandic Taxpayers’ Alliance Friday 20 September 2013. The author of several books critical of oppressive taxes and the waste of taxpayers’ … Continue reading →

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Gissurarson on Bank Collapse: Cambridge 22 September 2013

Posted on 20.09.13

Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, a member of the RNH Academic Council, gives a paper on the Icelandic bank collapse and lessons which European nations may draw from it, at the “Freedom Summit” of the European Young Conservatives at Churchill College, … Continue reading →

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