Falklands to hold Referendum
Discussion
fadeaway said:
el stovey said:
So they're having a referendum on their "political status" ? What does that mean, could they actually legally vote to go it alone with their oil and whatever?
They're going to end up like
s that have won the lottery, like rich Arabs driving around in Ferraris and wearing gold Rolexes but with big wooly jumpers on. 
Their having a vote so that they can all say they want to say British. Then we can post the results to Argentina and UN and tell them to shut up They're going to end up like
s that have won the lottery, like rich Arabs driving around in Ferraris and wearing gold Rolexes but with big wooly jumpers on. 
k right off and stay British? For any other answers the airport and port are that way =>NDA said:
Not that the Argies probably worry too much about human rights.
That is one way of putting it.For all their talk about the British failing to respect the rights of the (alleged) indigenous population of the Falkland Islands the Argentines actually celebrate their brutal genocide against the indigenous tribes of Patagonia on the 100 peso bill.
fadeaway said:
Their having a vote so that they can all say they want to say British. Then we can post the results to Argentina and UN and tell them to shut up
Wouldn't it be smarter for them all to vote to become Uraguian.The Argies won't be expecting that.
Then we can all sit back and watch the Spanish and Italian Nazi escapees take on the German Nazi escapees and have fisticuffs over which financially and morally bankrupt and dishonest South American tinpot republic gets to own half a dozen seals and a few holes in the seabed.
unrepentant said:
The result will be that 99.9%* of the populus wish to remain British and it will hopefully send a clear message to the Junta that their presence on the Islands is not required and they can naff off.
Right but the Argies don't want to free the islanders from the tyranny of the British empire they want the islanders to fk off and leave the islands themselves to Argentina. They know the islanders want to be British, everyone knows that.
Why isn't our government asking why Spanish looking people are living in South America? At least we didn't kill the locals to get the Falklands like the fray bentos munchers did during the big 16th Century Spanish gold grab of the Americas. Cheeky b
ds.davepoth said:
Asterix said:
Why do I think the Government of the Falkland Islands looks like this?
Couldn't find an "in session" picture, but the outside looks like this:
You probably aren't that far off.
Glad its not just me then.Well, what a big massive hell of a turn around it would be if they ditched the UK wouldn't it?
What would happen? Base removed for a start, change of flag?
Would they then be overrun with 'immigrants' wanting the quiet life?
Sway said:
The Argentinians won't care what the result is.
They will merely state that its obvious an imported population would vote that way.
They've said all along they don't mind if the Islanders want to remain British, they just want to own the land and sea...
Can't think why.
Oh, and are the Falklands part of the United Kingdom, or a protectorate/commonwealth member etc.?
Aren't the Argies an imported population also though? They will merely state that its obvious an imported population would vote that way.
They've said all along they don't mind if the Islanders want to remain British, they just want to own the land and sea...
Can't think why.
Oh, and are the Falklands part of the United Kingdom, or a protectorate/commonwealth member etc.?
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/103369/ma...
Reading comments on Spanish language websites, they seem to be rather less jingoistic than before. Still plenty of nutters, but quite a few Argentinians saying "Why on earth would they want to be part of a corrupt and bankrupt state?"
Reading comments on Spanish language websites, they seem to be rather less jingoistic than before. Still plenty of nutters, but quite a few Argentinians saying "Why on earth would they want to be part of a corrupt and bankrupt state?"
hornetrider said:
Jackleman said:
Aren't the Argies an imported population also though?
Hush you. That doesn't count.Quite.
Didn't know about the 100 peso celebration of genocide. That'll be fun with the resident Spaniard at work who claims Gib as his personal playground and supports the RGs claim...
DonkeyApple said:
Wouldn't it be smarter for them all to vote to become Uraguian.
The Argies won't be expecting that.
Then we can all sit back and watch the Spanish and Italian Nazi escapees take on the German Nazi escapees and have fisticuffs over which financially and morally bankrupt and dishonest South American tinpot republic gets to own half a dozen seals and a few holes in the seabed.
Love it! The Argies won't be expecting that.
Then we can all sit back and watch the Spanish and Italian Nazi escapees take on the German Nazi escapees and have fisticuffs over which financially and morally bankrupt and dishonest South American tinpot republic gets to own half a dozen seals and a few holes in the seabed.
what is the population like? i'm guessing they're all UK immigrants from many years ago, or is there some ancient indigenous population as well?
Or are they basically the same as those weirdos you get on the small Scottish isles? It seems to be pretty comparable to them, the same low populations and relative isolation (I'm not over the trauma of wandering into a poacher's boneshed on Rhum as a yoof and being attacked by a feral cat)
Or are they basically the same as those weirdos you get on the small Scottish isles? It seems to be pretty comparable to them, the same low populations and relative isolation (I'm not over the trauma of wandering into a poacher's boneshed on Rhum as a yoof and being attacked by a feral cat)
pwrc said:
what is the population like? i'm guessing they're all UK immigrants from many years ago, or is there some ancient indigenous population as well?
Or are they basically the same as those weirdos you get on the small Scottish isles? It seems to be pretty comparable to them, the same low populations and relative isolation (I'm not over the trauma of wandering into a poacher's boneshed on Rhum as a yoof and being attacked by a feral cat)
Excluding the service staff most have been there for a few generations I think. There was no indigenous human population.Or are they basically the same as those weirdos you get on the small Scottish isles? It seems to be pretty comparable to them, the same low populations and relative isolation (I'm not over the trauma of wandering into a poacher's boneshed on Rhum as a yoof and being attacked by a feral cat)
Mr Sparkle said:
Excluding the service staff most have been there for a few generations I think. There was no indigenous human population.
Most families there can tell you how many generations they've been islanders - I think 6 is about the maximum. I understand some of them can trace ancestry and continuous habitation back before 1833, which is quite a crucial point given the current argument. davepoth said:
I understand some of them can trace ancestry and continuous habitation back before 1833, which is quite a crucial point given the current argument.
But not to Argentina as they claim that there was an indigenous Argentine population that was removed from the Islands by the British in 1833.ralphrj said:
davepoth said:
I understand some of them can trace ancestry and continuous habitation back before 1833, which is quite a crucial point given the current argument.
But not to Argentina as they claim that there was an indigenous Argentine population that was removed from the Islands by the British in 1833.Thus the Falklanders can legitimately claim an unbroken occupation of the islands since before 1833.
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