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The red London taxi, potent symbol of Falklands’ history goes into retirement
It was one of the most poignant moments of the Falklands War when chauffeur Don Bonner drove Governor Rex Hunt and his wife Mavis from Government House to Stanley Airport, as occupying forces raised the Argentine flag and ousted the Queen’s representative from the Falklands. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rules“ ... and ousted the Queen’s representative from the Falklands...”
Oct 01st, 2010 - 05:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0Didn't stay 'ousted' long though ... did we :-)
Huh? who cares
Oct 01st, 2010 - 05:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0Err ..... Argentina ?
Oct 01st, 2010 - 07:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0This crap is news from the South Atlantic?
Oct 01st, 2010 - 07:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0Must be a slow news day everywhere else! Be happy ... after all, no news is good news ! :-)
Oct 01st, 2010 - 07:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0Yes, for one part of the South Atlantic it is news.
Oct 01st, 2010 - 07:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0This site couldn't get more British even if you tried
Oct 01st, 2010 - 07:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0No News here…..
Oct 01st, 2010 - 07:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0Everybody knows that the Settlers are so “grasping and scroogy” that they wont pay to keep this supreme piece of Malvinas history rolling………………..
to keep this supreme piece of Malvinas history rolling………………..
Oct 01st, 2010 - 07:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0Bit like the Argie claim to the Islands
Settlers then .... not colonists, not pirates .... just settlers :-)
Oct 01st, 2010 - 08:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0It seems a compelling site for you Che. You keep coming back for more...
Oct 01st, 2010 - 08:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0Ah yes, the Falkland Islander so grasping they buried the dead you left to rot in the Falklands with due reverence and despite the impediments put in the way facilitated the visits of bereaved families to the graves of their loved ones.
Oct 01st, 2010 - 02:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So many times we see the racist stereotypes trotted out, a people you've never met or tried to understand. So much easier to resort to bigotry.
And every time you do so, the islands slip that little further away.
I see that more of the El Malvinense crowd are creeping in, sorry Mercopress,
If someone gets pregnant in Malvinas that would be here in an article in Malvinas section. LOL
Oct 01st, 2010 - 08:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Well...... As a matter of fact it has :-)
Oct 01st, 2010 - 08:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://en.mercopress.com/2010/07/16/falklands-fco-official-steps-in-to-help-islander-mum-and-new-baby-home-from-chile.
I was one of the few comenting the positive news!!!
But it was a darn cute little baby girl GaGa DaDa.....
Mercopress is doing a fine job of reporting news from all the countries in the region ..... Brazil, Equador, Chile, Falklands :-)
Oct 02nd, 2010 - 12:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0All the countries that matter.........
Oct 02nd, 2010 - 10:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0It is interesting that the Argentine posters on these forums have now taken to Mercopress bashing. You see, when their arguments are continually undone they have to find some way of blaming their failure on another factor outside of their control. In this cased it is Mercopress and they have CFKs exampmle of attempting to control the media to follow.
Oct 02nd, 2010 - 11:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0In addition they cannot bear to see that the Argentine policy towards the Islands is completly impotent. At the AGM on 30th September RKH have indicated that they are planning to go into oil production at Sea Lion in the not to distant future. Argentina's approach is simply hardening the Islanders and they will forge ahead with no concern of the attitude on the noisy neighbours.
No one is stopping the FI from developing their ecomony and there are plenty of Institutional and Private Investors willing to support them in their venture. Argentina has the opportunity to collaborate but their partnership is not required.
If anyone wants to view the presentation from the AGM and see the massive upside in RKH then the presentation can be found here.
http://www.rockhopperexploration.co.uk/pdf/AGM_2010.pdf
I love the last line - “Board believes significant upside potential”
Perhaps Jihad Jorge, Billy Hayes or Gassy could put a few quid on RKH and they might be able to afford their psychiatry bills!
Whatever GIL!
Oct 06th, 2010 - 04:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I think we should start a petition to bring back jorge, he's clearly the most intelligent person who ever graced this forum.
Oct 08th, 2010 - 10:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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