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Dispatch · 30 Aug 2026

Iceland votes against restarting EU accession talks, and Dooley reads it as a sovereignty message.

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  • He opens on the vote itself. The people of Iceland have rejected restarting accession negotiations to look at joining the European Union, which he calls a big kicking to the European Union and its leadership. He says over 82% of eligible voters took part, in a country with a population of about 400,000, and the proposal was rejected by nearly 53%. On his reading this has sent a big message to the European Union, because countries want to preserve their sovereignty and their independence in looking after their own industries, and also their fiscal and monetary policy, which he says are so important. He notes Iceland still has trade agreements with the European Union as members of the European Economic Area, and is part of the Schengen agreement on free movement of people, so the vote was not a vote to cut itself off. He also says the Icelandic prime minister, who he describes as an ex Morgan Stanley banker, had been pushing this vote, arguing it was only about having a talk and seeing how it goes before anything is put to the people.
  • His argument for why that talk matters is Ireland's own experience. He goes back to the financial crash and the bank bailout, and the story about burning the bondholders, which he says led to devastating austerity in Ireland once the IMF and the European Central Bank were brought into town. That austerity, he says, smashed many of the country's social services and stopped the building of public housing. He recalls a claim from the time that Ireland was the best country to do business in, and reads it as a message to the big private equity companies and vulture funds to come in and make massive windfalls in Ireland through NAMA. He puts today's extortionate housing and rental costs at the door of that decision.
  • From housing he widens the charge to what he calls the ceding of sovereignty to the technocratic institutions based in Brussels. He points to the EU migration and asylum pact, and to what he describes as an attack on basic citizens' rights through the digital services acts and the push towards digital ID and ultimately digital currency. Alongside that he sets the drive towards more militarism across the European Union, citing the 800 billion euro rearming Europe plan and an estimate that up to 6 trillion euro could be spent over the next decade and possibly beyond. His point is the comparison: there is plenty of money for that, and no money for basic social and public services, while housing, health chaos and what he calls many more social catastrophes go unaddressed. He says Ireland's neutrality is being eroded in the same movement.
  • He closes on accountability, and on what happens next. Iceland was one of the hardest hit countries in the crash, he says, losing so much of its GDP value because it was so reliant on financial services and the banking sector, but many of the politicians and those responsible were let go to the wall, were found guilty of corruption charges, and the people moved on rather than putting up with what Ireland put up with. Against that he sets Ireland's banking inquiry, which he calls a complete whitewash that found no accountability, and a more recent inquiry he says is taking the same no-blame approach behind closed doors with no public scrutiny. That, on his reading, is what the European Union is driving towards, a super institution with no accountability and no transparency. He wonders aloud whether Europe will come back and try again, and whether Trump might set his sights on Iceland after Greenland, and ends on the view that more countries are standing up for their sovereignty and want to trade on mutual respect rather than deal with big empires pushing a globalist agenda.
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00:00

Hello everyone

Hello everyone. The people of Iceland have given a big kicking to Ursula Vanderan and the European Union because they have rejected restarting accession negotiations to look at joining the European Union. Yesterday, over 82% of the eligible voters in Iceland with a population of about 400,000 people voted to reject restarting these negotiations by nearly 53%. This has sent a big message to the European Union. The countries want to preserve their sovereignty, their independence in terms of looking after.

The industries of their country, but also for their fiscal and monetary policy which are so so important. We saw at the time of the financial crash in terms of what happened here in Ireland in terms of the bank bailout and remember all that story about burning the bond holders led to devastating austerity in Ireland when they brought the IMF and the European Central Bank into town to impart devastating austerity on the people of Ireland. Smashed many of our social services stop.

Building public housing and open up the door to the vulture funds. Remember Melinda Kenny said that Ireland was the best in the country to do business in. This was really a message to the big private equity companies and butcher funds to come in to make massive windfalls in Ireland through NAMA. And we've seen the impact of that today in terms of the extortionate housing and rental costs in Ireland. Not to mention the massive seeding of our sovereignty to the.

Technocratic institutions that are based in Brussels. We saw that recently with the EU migration and asylum act, but also in the context of the attack on basic citizens rights through digital services acts and the push towards digital ID and ultimately digital currency. But the people of Iceland are standing up for their sovereignty. They still have trade agreements with European Union as members of the European Economic Area and also in the context of being part of the Shenhen.

Agreement also in terms of the free movement of people. But their prime minister, who was an ex Morgan Stanley Banker, has been pushing this vote to restart negotiations with the European Union and has said that it's just about having a talk and seeing how it goes and then it's put to the people. But we see what this leads to, particularly here in Ireland and across Europe. There many of those countries who were part of the Euro zone that had to suffer devastating.

02:48

Austerity because he had no control over the policy

Austerity because he had no control over the policy of the state despite the will of the majority of people who were against what was taking place at the time and at the same time we see the drive towards more militarism across the European Union with the 800 billion euro rearming Europe plan by Ursula Vanderline. Now, it's estimated up to€6 trillion euro will be spent over the next decade and possibly beyond in terms of the drive towards more militarism and.

Also there's plenty of money for that war. There's no money for basic social and public services. We've seen a devastation in terms of housing, the health chaos, and many more social catastrophes, all created by the political establishment and all pushed forward by those in Brussels as well. And the wararmongering agenda still will continue over the next period of time. We see that with Ireland in terms of the erosion of Irish neutrality. But Iceland is an interesting point because Iceland.

Are standing up for their industries, fisheries and agriculture and are standing up for the needs of their citizens and listen to their citizens rather than being spoken down to or talking down to or controlled essentially from Brussels. So the safeguard of the natural resources are vital during the time of financial crash. One of the most hardly hit countries hardly hit countries were Iceland in terms of losing so much of their GDP value during that period as.

So the safeguard of the natural resources are vital during the time of financial crash

Well that they were so reliant on financial services and the banking sector as well. But many of those politicians and those who were responsible were let go to the wall were found guilty of corruption charges and the people moved on. They weren't willing to put up with this nonsense that was put up with in Ireland. For instance, we remember what happened with the so-called banking inquiry and the complete whitewash that was in terms of finding no accountability.

And a no blame approach really which has been echoed recently with the co inquiry where it's going to be a no blame approach and in particular that's going that's going to be behind has been behind closed doors which hasn't been open for any public scrutiny or but that's what the drive towards European Union wants isn't it super institution where there's no accountability, no transparency and told to pull up or shut up. And if you speak out against them,.

05:20

They're going to sanction you or censor you

They're going to sanction you or censor you. And u this is why the people of Iceland should have no hand back their part with the European Union. So let's see how this develops over the next period of time. Will Europe come back again and try to get them involved again? And perhaps maybe Trump might try something looking for some greater projects in terms of what happened already with Greenland and maybe perhaps set a sites now on Iceland as well. This.

Might change the tune over the coming years as well. So let's see how this develops and let's see what the fallout from this is over the next period of time. But more countries are standing up for sovereignty. More countries are standing up for their independence. Countries want to trade and respect each other based on their heritage, based on their values and not deal with big empires or big Bahamits pushing the globalist agenda. Have a mutual respect.

And trade with countries on that basis, but put the needs of it citizens first and not deal with all the chaos imparted on it by the globalists. We've seen it with the mass immigration chaos. We've also seen it with many other social and economic catastrophes all at the door of those in the European Union, stroke, the US and many of those billionaires that they represent. So thanks so much for the support and thanks for sharing my.

Videos far and wide as well. some Dublin today.

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30 Aug 2026 · Sovereignty · 6:44

Iceland votes against restarting EU accession talks, and Dooley reads it as a sovereignty message.

Dooley reports that the people of Iceland have rejected restarting accession negotiations to look at joining the European Union, and he treats the result as a message to Brussels. He says over 82% of eligible voters in Iceland, a country of about 400,000 people, turned out, and the proposal was rejected by nearly 53%. His reading is that countries want to preserve their sovereignty and their independence over their industries, and over fiscal and monetary policy. Most of the video is his case for why that matters, argued through what he says happened to Ireland after the financial crash: the bank bailout, the IMF and the European Central Bank, austerity, and the door opened to vulture funds through NAMA. He contrasts Iceland, where he says those responsible were let go to the wall and found guilty of corruption charges, with Ireland, where he calls the banking inquiry a complete whitewash.

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He opens on the vote itself. The people of Iceland have rejected restarting accession negotiations to look at joining the European Union, which he calls a big kicking to the European Union and its leadership. He says over 82% of eligible voters took part, in a country with a population of about 400,000, and the proposal was rejected by nearly 53%. On his reading this has sent a big message to the European Union, because countries want to preserve their sovereignty and their independence in looking after their own industries, and also their fiscal and monetary policy, which he says are so important. He notes Iceland still has trade agreements with the European Union as members of the European Economic Area, and is part of the Schengen agreement on free movement of people, so the vote was not a vote to cut itself off. He also says the Icelandic prime minister, who he describes as an ex Morgan Stanley banker, had been pushing this vote, arguing it was only about having a talk and seeing how it goes before anything is put to the people.
02
His argument for why that talk matters is Ireland's own experience. He goes back to the financial crash and the bank bailout, and the story about burning the bondholders, which he says led to devastating austerity in Ireland once the IMF and the European Central Bank were brought into town. That austerity, he says, smashed many of the country's social services and stopped the building of public housing. He recalls a claim from the time that Ireland was the best country to do business in, and reads it as a message to the big private equity companies and vulture funds to come in and make massive windfalls in Ireland through NAMA. He puts today's extortionate housing and rental costs at the door of that decision.
03
From housing he widens the charge to what he calls the ceding of sovereignty to the technocratic institutions based in Brussels. He points to the EU migration and asylum pact, and to what he describes as an attack on basic citizens' rights through the digital services acts and the push towards digital ID and ultimately digital currency. Alongside that he sets the drive towards more militarism across the European Union, citing the 800 billion euro rearming Europe plan and an estimate that up to 6 trillion euro could be spent over the next decade and possibly beyond. His point is the comparison: there is plenty of money for that, and no money for basic social and public services, while housing, health chaos and what he calls many more social catastrophes go unaddressed. He says Ireland's neutrality is being eroded in the same movement.
04
He closes on accountability, and on what happens next. Iceland was one of the hardest hit countries in the crash, he says, losing so much of its GDP value because it was so reliant on financial services and the banking sector, but many of the politicians and those responsible were let go to the wall, were found guilty of corruption charges, and the people moved on rather than putting up with what Ireland put up with. Against that he sets Ireland's banking inquiry, which he calls a complete whitewash that found no accountability, and a more recent inquiry he says is taking the same no-blame approach behind closed doors with no public scrutiny. That, on his reading, is what the European Union is driving towards, a super institution with no accountability and no transparency. He wonders aloud whether Europe will come back and try again, and whether Trump might set his sights on Iceland after Greenland, and ends on the view that more countries are standing up for their sovereignty and want to trade on mutual respect rather than deal with big empires pushing a globalist agenda.
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Hello everyone

Hello everyone. The people of Iceland have given a big kicking to Ursula Vanderan and the European Union because they have rejected restarting accession negotiations to look at joining the European Union. Yesterday, over 82% of the eligible voters in Iceland with a population of about 400,000 people voted to reject restarting these negotiations by nearly 53%. This has sent a big message to the European Union. The countries want to preserve their sovereignty, their independence in terms of looking after.

The industries of their country, but also for their fiscal and monetary policy which are so so important. We saw at the time of the financial crash in terms of what happened here in Ireland in terms of the bank bailout and remember all that story about burning the bond holders led to devastating austerity in Ireland when they brought the IMF and the European Central Bank into town to impart devastating austerity on the people of Ireland. Smashed many of our social services stop.

Building public housing and open up the door to the vulture funds. Remember Melinda Kenny said that Ireland was the best in the country to do business in. This was really a message to the big private equity companies and butcher funds to come in to make massive windfalls in Ireland through NAMA. And we've seen the impact of that today in terms of the extortionate housing and rental costs in Ireland. Not to mention the massive seeding of our sovereignty to the.

Technocratic institutions that are based in Brussels. We saw that recently with the EU migration and asylum act, but also in the context of the attack on basic citizens rights through digital services acts and the push towards digital ID and ultimately digital currency. But the people of Iceland are standing up for their sovereignty. They still have trade agreements with European Union as members of the European Economic Area and also in the context of being part of the Shenhen.

Agreement also in terms of the free movement of people. But their prime minister, who was an ex Morgan Stanley Banker, has been pushing this vote to restart negotiations with the European Union and has said that it's just about having a talk and seeing how it goes and then it's put to the people. But we see what this leads to, particularly here in Ireland and across Europe. There many of those countries who were part of the Euro zone that had to suffer devastating.

Austerity because he had no control over the policy

Austerity because he had no control over the policy of the state despite the will of the majority of people who were against what was taking place at the time and at the same time we see the drive towards more militarism across the European Union with the 800 billion euro rearming Europe plan by Ursula Vanderline. Now, it's estimated up to€6 trillion euro will be spent over the next decade and possibly beyond in terms of the drive towards more militarism and.

Also there's plenty of money for that war. There's no money for basic social and public services. We've seen a devastation in terms of housing, the health chaos, and many more social catastrophes, all created by the political establishment and all pushed forward by those in Brussels as well. And the wararmongering agenda still will continue over the next period of time. We see that with Ireland in terms of the erosion of Irish neutrality. But Iceland is an interesting point because Iceland.

Are standing up for their industries, fisheries and agriculture and are standing up for the needs of their citizens and listen to their citizens rather than being spoken down to or talking down to or controlled essentially from Brussels. So the safeguard of the natural resources are vital during the time of financial crash. One of the most hardly hit countries hardly hit countries were Iceland in terms of losing so much of their GDP value during that period as.

So the safeguard of the natural resources are vital during the time of financial crash

Well that they were so reliant on financial services and the banking sector as well. But many of those politicians and those who were responsible were let go to the wall were found guilty of corruption charges and the people moved on. They weren't willing to put up with this nonsense that was put up with in Ireland. For instance, we remember what happened with the so-called banking inquiry and the complete whitewash that was in terms of finding no accountability.

And a no blame approach really which has been echoed recently with the co inquiry where it's going to be a no blame approach and in particular that's going that's going to be behind has been behind closed doors which hasn't been open for any public scrutiny or but that's what the drive towards European Union wants isn't it super institution where there's no accountability, no transparency and told to pull up or shut up. And if you speak out against them,.

They're going to sanction you or censor you

They're going to sanction you or censor you. And u this is why the people of Iceland should have no hand back their part with the European Union. So let's see how this develops over the next period of time. Will Europe come back again and try to get them involved again? And perhaps maybe Trump might try something looking for some greater projects in terms of what happened already with Greenland and maybe perhaps set a sites now on Iceland as well. This.

Might change the tune over the coming years as well. So let's see how this develops and let's see what the fallout from this is over the next period of time. But more countries are standing up for sovereignty. More countries are standing up for their independence. Countries want to trade and respect each other based on their heritage, based on their values and not deal with big empires or big Bahamits pushing the globalist agenda. Have a mutual respect.

And trade with countries on that basis, but put the needs of it citizens first and not deal with all the chaos imparted on it by the globalists. We've seen it with the mass immigration chaos. We've also seen it with many other social and economic catastrophes all at the door of those in the European Union, stroke, the US and many of those billionaires that they represent. So thanks so much for the support and thanks for sharing my.

Videos far and wide as well. some Dublin today.

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