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So let the UK eat the cost of making the ISP whole. Nobody needs or especially wants the islands except for national dick-waving; the British gov was making a p
by devilbunny 2y ago
So let the UK eat the cost of making the ISP whole. Nobody needs or especially wants the islands except for national dick-waving; the British gov was making a point that they would and could still fight and win wars. Fine, you want to play at the big dollar table, ante up.
- madaxe_again 2y agoSure are already subsidised to the tune of a few million pounds per year.
- worik 2y agoThe islands have an exclusive economic zone, and are a supply stop in a vast ocean They are very valuable to the UK
- ckdarby 2y agoDon't say that too loud of Trump might want them next after Greenland & Canada.
- tonyedgecombe 2y agoIf we could convince him to buy them that would be quite good for the UK.
- toss1 2y agoDepending on the valuation And with that guy, make sure you get paid up front. He has an extremely long and well-documented history of abusing the system to not pay contractors, workers, counter-parties, etc...
- tonyedgecombe 2y agoIt’s a loss making endeavour, just like all the remnants of empire.
- ocschwar 2y agoThe present president of Argentina is a Trump-testicle-gargler. That would make me nervous if I were a Falklander.
- devilbunny 2y agoGreat. So they won’t mind ponying up to pay off the ISP. Subsidizing people to live there is part of it.
- ta1243 2y agoThe people living in the Falklands want the islands. While some countries look at land like the Falklands, or Ukraine, or Taiwan, or Greenland, and think "That's Mine", Britain doesn't do that (any more), and instead says "it's upto you"
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- mytailorisrich 2y agoThe inhabitants of the Falklands are British settlers. It is quite easy to let people choose when you know that the choice they will make matches what you want. That being said, if Argentina had not invaded then no-one in Britain would care one way or the other (government could have handed the Islands to Argentina in whatever deal and most people in the UK would just have shrugged it off). It has become a point of principle and pride since the invasion to tell "the Argies" that they can stuff it.
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- jajko 2y agowaving around with guidelines while insulting entire nations... some people really have their own universe in their minds
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- mrlonglong 2y agoYou forgot that in a recent referendum almost all the islanders voted to stay part of the UK.
- devilbunny 2y agoThe islanders want to be part of the UK. Great. Move to the mainland. I don’t get to settle on some random island and demand US military support because I’m a citizen. They will, at most, evacuate me.
- mrlonglong 2y agoThe islands were uninhabited until 1690 when it was discovered by an English captain. The French tried to settle there in 1764 but the UK asserted its claim to it in 1765. Since the British discovered it first, it's theirs.
- GJim 2y agoResults of the 2013 Falkland Islands Referendum Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom? YES: 1513 NO: 3 Why do you not wish to accept the above democratic decision made by the islanders? We can only conclude you are trolling. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_referendum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Falkland_Islands_sovereig...
- brookst 2y agoFair point. So do a one-time tax levy of the Falklanders to buy the telco out, since they can no longer honor the commitment they made to get service installed. Shouldn’t be more than a half million pounds each?
- devilbunny 2y agoI have no doubt that the islanders very much wish to be British subjects rather than left on their own (they would, in that case, quickly become Malvinians). But why should someone in Glasgow want to pay taxes to support them in living there permanently?
- blibble 2y ago> But why should someone in Glasgow want to pay taxes to support them in living there permanently? you could have picked a better example, Scotland is a net drain on the UK treasury why should someone in London pay to support people living in Glasgow permanently?
- KennyBlanken 2y agoYou should have picked a better example, Glasgow is a port city and almost certainly not a net drain; the rural parts of Scotland are. Just like all the rural parts of England, which leech of the English cities. Just like all the rural parts of the US, which leech off the "coastal liberal elites."
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