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Falklands Referendum: The Islanders Have Spoken
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What I can't fathom is who were the 3 who voted against?
Or were there 3 jokers just having a laugh?
What I can't fathom is who were the 3 who voted against?
Or were there 3 jokers just having a laugh?
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There is more than one option for the Falklands other than to remain an 'Overseas Territory of the UK'.
They could opt for independence or become commonwealth states like say the Solomon Islands.
Presumably the 3 would rather have gone for that.
However this is probably the most decisive result in any genuine election ever. (unless anyone can find a better one?)
Argentina might contest the right of the islanders to be there in the first place and hence the validity of the vote at all, however by any sensible account they're at least 100 years too late.
I do find it amusing to recall though in 1982 how few people had ever heard of the Falkland Islands
- the joke was of people thinking that Argentina had invated part of the Hebrides!
They could opt for independence or become commonwealth states like say the Solomon Islands.
Presumably the 3 would rather have gone for that.
However this is probably the most decisive result in any genuine election ever. (unless anyone can find a better one?)
Argentina might contest the right of the islanders to be there in the first place and hence the validity of the vote at all, however by any sensible account they're at least 100 years too late.
I do find it amusing to recall though in 1982 how few people had ever heard of the Falkland Islands
- the joke was of people thinking that Argentina had invated part of the Hebrides!
Arguably more impressive was the referendum on Gibraltar's sovereignty in 2002
where there was a 98.4% rejection of the power-sharing proposal (out of 18,000 votes)
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There have been numerous fraudulent referenda on various things
where there was a 98.4% rejection of the power-sharing proposal (out of 18,000 votes)
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There have been numerous fraudulent referenda on various things
The question posed to the Falklanders was quite straightforward:
“Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom?”
The accompanying literature provided to the islanders stated that if a majority of voters opted for a change of status further information regarding the options and possible ways forward would be provided.
Unlike many people I had certainly heard of the Falklands before they became “famous” in 1982. I visited the islands a few years earlier, making a stop-off in Stanley on my way to a stint in Antarctica. The place was certainly not one I would choose to live but the impression I gained during my (admittedly very short) stopover was of the fiercely British nature that the people there demonstrated. Their “culture and diversity” had not been diluted by the types of influxes that have hit the UK and they seem none the worse for it. The islands have a GDP of £100m, giving them a GDP per head of about £40k, somewhat more prosperous than the UK.
Of course I’ll use this issue to have my usual dig at the UK’s present government and the EU. It is interesting to note that Mr Cameron fiercely defends the islanders’ right to determine their own governance and future. It’s just a pity that he does not behave similarly fiercely to defend the rights of UK citizens who are witnessing their governance being stealthily transferred to the EU.
“Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom?”
The accompanying literature provided to the islanders stated that if a majority of voters opted for a change of status further information regarding the options and possible ways forward would be provided.
Unlike many people I had certainly heard of the Falklands before they became “famous” in 1982. I visited the islands a few years earlier, making a stop-off in Stanley on my way to a stint in Antarctica. The place was certainly not one I would choose to live but the impression I gained during my (admittedly very short) stopover was of the fiercely British nature that the people there demonstrated. Their “culture and diversity” had not been diluted by the types of influxes that have hit the UK and they seem none the worse for it. The islands have a GDP of £100m, giving them a GDP per head of about £40k, somewhat more prosperous than the UK.
Of course I’ll use this issue to have my usual dig at the UK’s present government and the EU. It is interesting to note that Mr Cameron fiercely defends the islanders’ right to determine their own governance and future. It’s just a pity that he does not behave similarly fiercely to defend the rights of UK citizens who are witnessing their governance being stealthily transferred to the EU.
“…they would come back here where they seem to want to be? “
They don’t want to be here, Ric,ror. They don’t want to be here any more than Shetland Islanders want to live in London. They want to remain where they are, remain doing what they do and remain a British Overseas Territory.
As far as finances go, the islands are largely self-financing apart from the cost of the military garrison that has been there since 1982. Of course this is considerable but it is hardly the islanders’ fault that it is necessary any more than a garrison on the Channel Islands or the Isle of Wight would be needed if those place had been invaded by a foreign power.
“…and the island can revert to Argentinian sovereignty. “
Do your history first, pdq. The Falkland Islands have never been under the sovereignty of Argentina.
They don’t want to be here, Ric,ror. They don’t want to be here any more than Shetland Islanders want to live in London. They want to remain where they are, remain doing what they do and remain a British Overseas Territory.
As far as finances go, the islands are largely self-financing apart from the cost of the military garrison that has been there since 1982. Of course this is considerable but it is hardly the islanders’ fault that it is necessary any more than a garrison on the Channel Islands or the Isle of Wight would be needed if those place had been invaded by a foreign power.
“…and the island can revert to Argentinian sovereignty. “
Do your history first, pdq. The Falkland Islands have never been under the sovereignty of Argentina.
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