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Former councillor Cockwell receives OBE from the Queen for promoting Falklands internationally

Tuesday, March 20th 2012 - 22:23 UTC
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Former Falkland Islands elected Councillor Richard Cockwell last week received his OBE from Her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Richard was awarded the honour for his work promoting the Falklands internationally. Read full article

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  • briton

    Very good and well deserved,
    Now see all the anti jealous envious CFK supporter complain,
    Bla bla, because they have no honour no class and no British Falklands, titter titter .

    Mar 20th, 2012 - 10:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  • The Cestrian

    Its good too see British people doing well especially in one of our territories.

    Mar 20th, 2012 - 11:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  • rebeldenacion

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  • Legionario

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    Mar 21st, 2012 - 04:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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  • McClick

    Where is the Fishing Licence Revenues ? ...where ?

    Mar 21st, 2012 - 09:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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  • GreekYoghurt

    It's nice to see people getting just rewards from the queen. I just hope the Falklands can continue to develop a huge portfolio of relevant focused industries based on it's current revenues without destroying what it has, lots of natural beauty.

    Mar 21st, 2012 - 09:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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  • McClick

    All elite tourists are in line to go winter ski on these frigid islands.

    Mar 21st, 2012 - 09:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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  • lsolde

    But we love them, McClick.
    lf you had them you'd turn them into another 3rd world slum.
    They are not yours anyway.

    Mar 21st, 2012 - 11:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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  • Viva Las Falklands

    @7 You need to see the ITV programme “ Return to The Falklands” the photography of the Islands was simply fantastic. You Argies must be so jealous!

    Interesting fact on the programme as an Argentine officer who fought at Two Sisters explained why there are so many unkown dead Argentines at Darwin. Conscripts were not issued with ID tags, how bonkers was that! Cost cutting or just treated as canon fodder?

    Mar 21st, 2012 - 12:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  • The Falklands are British

    7 McLick

    You don't know what you're talking about. There is no skiing in the Falklands.

    Chuckle chuckle

    Mar 21st, 2012 - 04:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  • Conqueror

    @9 I think you mean “cannon fodder”! A “canon” is something completely different, unless you are using some degenerate form of the language. Do not follow the United States example. They've never been able to spell, or use words, properly. Example; what are “shorts” in American? They are “underpants”. You see? “Underpants” describes the article of clothing precisely. How about “biscuit”? In American it's something like a scone. Now who on earth would want a digestive biscuit that was like a scone? Can you imagine a ginger scone? Or a chocolate scone? And they put them on a plate with beef and pour gravy on them!

    And of course the conscripts were cannon fodder. Just like the ones that never left argieland now reckon they are “veterans”. I understand that in the good old days in Britain such “items” had NWOV painted on them. “Not Wanted On Voyage”! Remember that after the conscripts had been turned into POWs, argieland created difficulties over having them back! Remember that instruction that originated in Sparta “Come back with your shield or on it”? Argieland has a different version. “Come back with victory or don't bother”!

    Mar 21st, 2012 - 04:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  • ChrisR

    What a pity that the Argies only have the Mad Bitch to 'admire' when the Falklands (there are no Malvinas) have people like Richard Cockwell to be proud of.

    Can anyone imagine ANY politician in Argentina promoting anything but themselves?

    Mar 21st, 2012 - 05:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  • GreekYoghurt

    @12 I doubt Richard Cockwell has a son whose pseudo-fascist youth league managed to 'eat' $2.1 Billion.

    That in itself is admirable.

    Mar 21st, 2012 - 06:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  • Think

    Proud day for the Cockwell clan.

    Congratulations from Chubut
    El Think

    Mar 21st, 2012 - 07:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  • Anti-Fascist

    Amnesty - Argentina's 10% Amerindian population subject to racist violence, discrimination and imprisonment in THEIR OWN LAND - http://laht.com/article.asp?articleid=355829&categoryid=14093

    Mar 22nd, 2012 - 02:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  • Filippo

    this is my cousin Adolfo in London making fun of your stupido english army

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDPK1kPWj1E

    Mar 23rd, 2012 - 03:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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