Gordon Brown is at it again. It seems – for some mysterious reason – that every time he finds himself in trouble at home he attacks Iceland. During prime minister's questions in the House of Commons on 6 May, Brown ­said that the Icelandic authorities are responsible for the loss of the cancer charity at Christie's in Manchester and claimed to be in discussion with the IMF on how Iceland can "repay the losses they are responsible for". Brown went on to wash his hands of the matter and repeatedly said: "The fact is we are not the regulatory authority".

It might be interesting for UK voters to know that the PM's statements are completely false. Let's look at some facts: Christie's business was with Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander (KSF), a UK-based bank that was regulated by the FSA and therefore covered by the UK depositor protection scheme. This is, for example, clearly stated in the Treasury committee report published last month.

This is not the first time Brown's government has given false statements about its relationship with Iceland. On the morning of 8 October, following a conversation with the Icelandic finance minister, Alistair Darling found himself in trouble during an interview with John Humphrys during Radio 4's Today programme and said: "The Icelandic government have told me, believe it or not, have told me yesterday they have no intention of honouring their obligations there." As is stated in the Treasury committee report, the transcript of the conversation shows that Darling's testimony was also wrong.

Later on that dark October day Gordon Brown said to the world media that Iceland was virtually bankrupt, which was not true. Then he invoked the Anti-Terrorism Act (2001) to freeze all Icelandic assets in the UK. The shameful actions of Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling prompted the run on Kaupthing and subsequently the chancellor used the Banking Special Provisions Act (2008) to transfer most of KSF's retail deposits to the Dutch bank ING. Interestingly, at the same time, the UK government was virtually throwing money at other UK-based banks, some of them also under foreign ownership. Perhaps it was simply easier to bully Iceland than, let's say, Germany.

The Anti-Terrorism Act is still freezing Landsbanki's properties in the UK. The act is in clear violation of several international laws, including the European Economic Area agreement. It can therefore easily be argued that the Labour government has by default also taken over the bank's obligation in the UK – including payments out of the Icesave accounts. Why the Icelandic government has not used this obvious argument to transfer the responsibility on Brown's own shoulders is a mystery to most people in Iceland.

By killing off Kaupthing, the Labour government is to blame for the troubles Christie's is facing. Once again, it seems, Brown was trying to save his own political skin by attributing all blame to Iceland: now, for the troubles of the cancer charity in Manchester he himself is responsible for. From abroad at least, it looks quite remarkable that such a small politician can be the leader of Great Britain.