Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
03-02-2012, 09:39
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising again ahead of Prince William visit
Why don't we have a referendum the Falklands asking the people who they want to be ruled by, the UK or Argentina?
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03-02-2012, 09:46
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising again ahead of Prince William visit
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Why don't we have a referendum the Falklands asking the people who they want to be ruled by, the UK or Argentina?
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Why should we?
The only claim outside of the UK comes from Argentina and not the islanders, why should we make the islanders choose for someone else's benefit??
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03-02-2012, 09:51
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising again ahead of Prince William visit
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Why should we?
The only claim outside of the UK comes from Argentina and not the islanders, why should we make the islanders choose for someone else's benefit??
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To shut those Argentianians up over their claims about the Falklands!
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03-02-2012, 10:02
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising again ahead of Prince William visit
But why would that shut them up?? No matter what the people on the island decide I don't think the Argentines are bothered, instead they're more bothered about having the proximity of the land and it's resources for their own people.. Which is everything already explained in this thread..
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03-02-2012, 10:36
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising again ahead of Prince William visit
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But why would that shut them up?? No matter what the people on the island decide I don't think the Argentines are bothered, instead they're more bothered about having the proximity of the land and it's resources for their own people.. Which is everything already explained in this thread..
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when we withdraw from Afganistan, get we send some of what remains of the British arms forces to the Falklands!
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03-02-2012, 11:25
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising again ahead of Prince William visit
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Why don't we have a referendum the Falklands asking the people who they want to be ruled by, the UK or Argentina?
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If only that had been thought of before, oh wait...
That in an Argentine-inspired poll in 1994, 87% of the island's population rejected any form of discussion of sovereignty under any circumstances
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soverei...Current_Claims
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03-02-2012, 11:28
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising again ahead of Prince William visit
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Well I agree that the people of the Falklands want to stay British!
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03-02-2012, 13:14
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising again ahead of Prince William visit
I'm surprised the UN hasn't taken a poll themselves and deemed the islands British territory if the poll truly is 87% in British favour.
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03-02-2012, 13:24
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising again ahead of Prince William visit
Mainly as a poll is irrelevant to British interests in the Islands
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The British overseas territories that we possess are not about who lives there but the simple fact that it gives us territorial land and resources within strategic places throughout the world...
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03-02-2012, 13:34
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising again ahead of Prince William visit
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Well I agree that the people of the Falklands want to stay British!
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That's rich coming from someone who suggests anyone that wants to stay British should leave Northern Ireland.
If you give someone enough rope..................
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03-02-2012, 13:47
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising again ahead of Prince William visit
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That's rich coming from someone who suggests anyone that wants to stay British should leave Northern Ireland.
If you give someone enough rope..................
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In Northern Ireland there is a large number of people who want a United Ireland, if you want to continue this discussion do in the "NI Shooting" thread
My opinon is that there a should a United Ireland within the UK with devolved powers!
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03-02-2012, 13:52
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising again ahead of Prince William visit
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In Northern Ireland there is a large number of people who want a United Ireland, if you want to continue this discussion do in the "NI Shooting" thread
My opinon is that there a should a United Ireland within the UK with devolved powers!
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In Argentina there's a large number of people want the Malvinas to be Argentinian
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03-02-2012, 13:59
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising again ahead of Prince William visit
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In Argentina there's a large number of people want the Malvinas to be Argentinian
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Yes I know that but unlike in Northern Ireland, nearly everyone in the Falklands want to be ruled by the UK!
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03-02-2012, 14:03
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising again ahead of Prince William visit
This isnt about NI, please stick to the topic.
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03-02-2012, 14:04
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising again ahead of Prince William visit
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This isnt about NI, please stick to the topic.
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Sorry!
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