Exactly - I'm an outsider too so maybe there's something I am missing (though I am from Scotland). They mentioned the Falklands as another example of colonialis

Exactly - I'm an outsider too so maybe there's something I am missing (though I am from Scotland). They mentioned the Falklands as another example of colonialism - which IMO is exactly the same situation as Reunion/Mayotte (no native population, significantly worse off independent), so why not mention those? Note that I'm no defender of the British colonial legacy - I'm actually pretty critical of the whole thing, but weird contradictions like that frustrate me :)