Yesterday, I got a call from a friend in Ljubljana, asking if my family and I were OK, and if we still had food and shelter. He sounded sure I had already lost my job, and offered to help. At first I did not understand what he was talking about: for the most part, life goes on as normal here in Iceland – but finally I realised he had been reading the British media.

The British prime minister has repeatedly said that Iceland, as a country, even as a nation, is going bankrupt, that our government has defaulted on its legal obligation, that we are virtually doomed – falling into an economic abyss. Neither is true. We have never denied our legal obligation regarding the Icesave accounts, and the people of Iceland are not going bust. Ask yourself: would you lend £100m, as Chancellor Darling has just announced he will, to a bankrupt?

Our currency might be in trouble and that hits us hard, our pay has been significantly devalued by rising costs, our stock exchange is still closed – but the foundations are still stable – no thanks to Gordon Brown and his menacing rhetoric of last week. And despite what is written in the London tabloids, we still go to work every day, receive our salaries, pay our bills and gather in the pub in the evenings. Today, Icelandic officials are in Moscow talking to the Russians who have offered a helping hand. The IMF is involved and many other measures are being taken – including, now, the Bank of England loan to Landsbanki.

Let's look at some facts, shall we? The high-flying, globetrotting business elite that came out of Iceland and started spreading borrowed money all over the UK and Europe has very little to do with the ordinary working public in Iceland. However, for some peculiar reason, the UK media thinks it is all our fault. It seems to me that you have fallen for a cruel and calculated PR stunt by Brown, whose only mission with his destructive attack on the Icelandic public was to save his miserable political life for another day. For that, the people of Iceland are paying severely.

Yes, of course, we are angry. We are angry towards these reckless business tycoons for gambling with our good name, the most precious asset a small nation can have. But ordinary Icelanders are no more responsible for the risk-seeking businessmen who happen to hold our passport than the people of north London are responsible for the destructive behaviour of the talented Amy Winehouse. And even though most of us still enjoy most things British, we are furious with the UK government. In fact, when Brown used anti-terrorist legislation to bully Iceland's largest private firm, Kaupthing bank, into the ground, he almost made us forgive our own government, which failed to act when the troubles started to rise on the horizon.

When the Republic of Iceland ran into the greatest troubles in its young life (it gained independence in 1944) and asked for help, none of our so-called friends stood up. The people of Iceland are paralysed by the lack of help and the destructive attack by the British PM. Iceland is an active participant in European cooperation and a founding member of Nato, but in the end, it seems Russia is Iceland's only friend. Brown's insult to Iceland will be remembered long after this £100m debt has been repaid.