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So it's an issue of the sovereignty of the islands then? The argument I'm hearing is that due to the UK leaning in favour of sovereignty, that it can no longer
by Kequc 9y ago
So it's an issue of the sovereignty of the islands then? The argument I'm hearing is that due to the UK leaning in favour of sovereignty, that it can no longer continue to, by default, control the islands? So allow the islands to hold a vote.
This seems like it was a vote held by other countries on whether or not they supported these islands not being allowed sovereignty even if they wanted it.
- ithkuil 9y agoAll inhabitants have been forcefully evicted. There is nobody who could vote there. It's administered from an office in London. The UK has rented the biggest island to the US army. Once a year officials from UK and the US military gather to discuss issues about the base, and they meet in London to do so. Under these circumstances it's clear why the legal fight is fought by far away.