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Keith Padgett interim Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands
Last Friday it was announced that Keith Padgett, Financial Director for the Falkland Islands Government, has been appointed interim Chief Executive of the Islands until a replacement is appointed for outgoing CE, Tim Thorogood. Read full article
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Jan 30th, 2012 - 04:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Keith Pagget interim Chieh Executive.......
I say :
We are also committed to enhancing cooperating and addresing the ongoing and emerging issues in ways which will enhance opportunities for all ,be centred on human development while preserving and protecting the life support system of our common targets,on shared planet....!..............
Sounds great but for Argentinians it's a case of “them and us”.
Jan 30th, 2012 - 05:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Islanders held out hand of friendship and real progress was being made until the creepy Kirchners came along.
Goodbye Argentoon you're leaders are a bunch of jokers.
Hey how about :-
“The Kirchner Family”
Could be a good new TV comedy series.
“appointed” in colonies.
Jan 30th, 2012 - 06:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“voted” in democracies.
Husband president, then wife president and then son president! Wow that sounds like a really good democracy.
Jan 30th, 2012 - 06:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Billy, the job is a Civil Service administrative position, not a government minister position. Those posts are appointed everywhere on the planet, including Argentina. And your government ministers are not elected either, they are appointed.
Jan 30th, 2012 - 08:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Billy Hayes
Jan 30th, 2012 - 08:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The interim post that Keith is filling is that of CE of the Falkland Islands civil service. It has nothing to do with running the country. That job is for the democratically elected politicians. The two duties (CE and elected member) are separate. The CE reports to the elected members. Like the CE of any organisation, it is a job that anyone can apply for. The successful candidate goes through a recruitment process like anyone and the decision is made internally (in the Falklands).
Your post intimates that the leader of the Falkland Islands is appointed (you probably assume by the UK) but this simply is not true.
Sorry to spoil your story.
Keith wrote in his site:
Jan 30th, 2012 - 09:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“We had enormous difficulty finding information about the Islands before we came to live here”
Interesting, now he was voted( appointed) as a Chief Executive of this 19th century British colony in Southern Argentina.
http://www.kpadgett.org.uk/falklands/falklandshome.htm
British colony in Southern Argentina
Jan 30th, 2012 - 09:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0where ?
Marcos Alejandro
Jan 30th, 2012 - 09:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What's your point? He is filling an employment post in the civil service. Is that hard for you to understand? Do senior civil service posts in Argentina get filled by cronies as favours from corrupt politicians? Is that what's making it hard for you to get?
The post Keith is filling is not one of any sort of governor or political leader.
British colony in Southern Argentina
Jan 30th, 2012 - 09:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Geography not a argie strong point
Isla Martín García is an Argentine island off the Río de la Plata coast of Uruguay. The Argentine exclave island is within the boundaries of Uruguayan waters
Appointing a civil servant isn't such a hard concept to understand, so why do Argentines seem to struggle the common world-wide concept...? Well either they are dim or they love to twist anything they can to support their own illogical, irrelevant, irresponsible, illegitimate colonial claim over the Falklands. I see Argentina appointed a (powerless) Governor for the Falklands....the Falklands didnt elect that Governor...so by their shallow and idiotic interpretations that is proof of their colonial ambitions regarding the South West Atlantic islands.
Jan 30th, 2012 - 09:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0M_of_FI
Jan 30th, 2012 - 10:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I think you've summed it up pretty well.
A governor has been appointed, whether you like it or not,
Jan 30th, 2012 - 10:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Im in charge of the Malvinas, if I can find it or not
Its cold out here in a rowing boat made for two
Ive been here two days, and want to go to the loo
Its windy and raining, the waves are very high
I keep wishing the royal navy would go by,
The navy arrives; they say who you are,
I am the governor and I need the loo
Im looking for Malvinas do you know where it be,
Second on your left mate , and don’t smile at me,
Ok ??
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8 briton
Jan 31st, 2012 - 07:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0You are really donky, mate!! you are drink to much, It is not good for you!! please take care,man!!It is some friendly advice for you !!have to think or seek help outside!!!my friend!!
@14Kiwisarg,
Jan 31st, 2012 - 08:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0briton is far, far saner than you, mate.
Most of your posts are ridiculous.
Still, good for a laugh l suppose.
You're an idiot, boy!
14 Kiwisarse
Jan 31st, 2012 - 02:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0With illiterate 'friends' like you we don't need any enemies. With your tag it ought really be enenema. Bet you don't get it MATE!!!!!!! :o)
http://www.bfbs.com/news/falkland-islands/hms-dauntless-deploy-falklands-54437.html
Jan 31st, 2012 - 03:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0the new ship is on its way,
And Kiwisarg don’t want to play,
He haw, he haw ,he haw , Kiwisarg is such a bore,
He insults from behind the door,
He shows his immaturity with jealousy,
For he know that they are beaten
Argentina will not get the islands
His insults will just get eaten,
He does not like poetry, in the form of written type
He just hides behind the sofa, spitting out his hype
Poor Kiwisarg, to see the brits happy
And celebrating, must really hurt you bad
So come back from NZ as you really do blog bad .
,,,oh to be envouse of the british,
Is this the guy from Bargain Hunt?
Feb 01st, 2012 - 05:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Kiwisarg -
Feb 01st, 2012 - 05:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If there is one thing Kwi's hate more than Ozzies it's Argentines so **** OFF BACK HOME to your beloved fascist country.
We don't want fascists here.
poor Kiwisarg
Feb 01st, 2012 - 07:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0just like argentina, so many friends, so few to choose frem .
Argentines are not very bright, given the choice between fascism and democracy they have chosen fascism every time. Given the choice between American hegemony and being an independent nation, they have chosen America hegemony every time, characterised by its attendant secret police (NSA, CIA, Special Forces and other such gestapo trappings, including their own) and an attendant military or militant right government.
Feb 06th, 2012 - 12:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0Given the choice between being diplomacy and child like spats of anger and lies, they choose child like spats of anger and lies.
Argentina has never recovered from being a wannabe be Axis power in the 1930's. Argentina's version of fascism (like that of Spain's) remained undefeated by WW2 Allied powers. It hadn't even had to fight a real civil war to maintain power, just murder 50,000-100,000 of its own unarmed political activists and we all know how easy that was for their brave and heroic military men, like their hero Commander Astiz.
It took the Falklands War to shake the Argentines into some semblance of reality. Remove their military government and see the Americans as something other than a benevolent uncle, rather more like a the uncle you kept your children away from, you know the one in the old mack who always had his hands in his pockets and a grimace on his lips.
But within a few short years a girl came alone, a wannabe Eva Peron and took them all the way back to year zero! And the Argentine people gave up their collective memory and switched back to servile child.
In the West it's very difficult to understand how the average Argentine thinks. We have to imagine how our own per-adolescent children think and we can then get into their mindset. Give them a box of toy soldiers & some flags to play with and they are as happy as pie, tell them that they can't own Tracey Island though and they will cry their eyes out.
At school, the teachers would always tell them “Tracey Island” was their's. Even though the reality was, it wasn't..
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