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Two Islanders to represent the Falkland Islands at Commonwealth Youth Parliament
Two young Falkland Islanders, Stacy Bragger and Krysteen Ormond, have been nominated by the Legislative Assembly to represent the Falkland Islands at the 5th Commonwealth Youth Parliament (CYP) in London between 4th-8th December 2012. The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association has accepted both candidates. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesDoes Hong Kong still have links with the Commonwealth? I'm sure the Falklands still could even if they became Argentine, all the more so with joint sovereignty or any other kind of negotiated solution. Or maybe Argentina could join the Commonwealth; it will be needing a new head after the Queen, who better than another Queen, Cristina =)
Aug 16th, 2012 - 10:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0The Commonwealth are nations that promote good governence, human rights, free trade and so on.....in short Argentina wouldn't qualify for membership.
Aug 16th, 2012 - 10:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0BK Independence will give them full commonwealth status and we would welcome them, any ties to Argentina would void their membership, the Commonwealth is something to be proud of, something Argentina wouldn't understand.
Aug 16th, 2012 - 11:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0Several Commonwealth states (all Caribbean region) voted for CFK's anti-Falklands resolutions at OAS Summit in Cartagena in April and OAS General Assembly in Cochabamba in May.
Aug 16th, 2012 - 03:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Could be a useful initiative for Falklands reps to make special approach those states' reps at Commonwealth Youth Parliament.
“I'm sure the Falklands still could even if they became Argentine,”
Aug 16th, 2012 - 03:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0They neither need or want Argentina.
And swap our queen for Cristina? Do one.
@1 BK
Aug 16th, 2012 - 03:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0As far as I am aware they don't. I think this is because China is responsible for defence and foreign policy and so membership of the Commonwealth would be incompatible with the Chinese.
The deal with Hong Kong is that it is run along existing lines for 50 years (until 2047) after which it becomes a fully integrated part of China.This is something that the resident HK Chinese population are not too happy about - they have chosen to keep their “colonial” street names - Waterloo Road, Nathan Road etc as well as the “Princess Margaret Hospital”. They are clearly under no pressure from the UK to retain these names - it is their choice and I'm sure they would have joined the Commonwealth if the chance was offered.
Hong Kong is not really comparable to The Falklands - most of it it (not all) was leased to the British and so we were bound by agreement to return it. What was left (HK Island) was not felt to be viable. The only route I see for the Falklands (if they choose not to remain a UK BOT) is full independence and Commonwealth membership. There would then be the small matter of defence which the Commonwealth could undertake collectively but I think it's a long way off and depends on how bellicose Argentina remains.
The idea of the Falklands becoming part of Argentina and yet stay in the Commonwealth is a non starter - mainly because Argentina has no legitimate claim over the Islands and refuses to get arbitration from the ICJ)
@6 Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It is not a country, a state or a nation. Also see @2. Any political link with argieland would rule out Commonwealth membership. You can't join a responsible organisation like the Commonwealth if you have links with a cesspit. The UN is obviously not so choosy. If the UN were that choosy, argieland would be OUT. It is in breach of the UN Charter on a number of counts. It is in breach of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on more. It is in breach of UNCLOS.
Aug 16th, 2012 - 05:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0From recent events, it appears that China doesn't intend to keep to its agreement to continue existing arrangements for 50 years.
Of course HK isn't comparable to the Falkland Islands. For a start, Hong Kong wasn't completely “ours”. Then, the population was mostly ethnically Chinese. And we would have been heavily outnumbered in the case of armed conflict. By comparison, we can beat argieland with both feet in buckets, one arm tied behind our backs and wearing blindfolds.
BK likes making these stupid suggestions. Because he's stupid and, if he/she/it ever has been, hasn't been in the UK for years. It's easy to check this. Get him to comment on something known to most Brits but that doesn't appear in, say, online news sites. He hasn't a clue.
Don't forget to let him know what you think of the Wicked Botox Ugly Witch of the Southern Cesspit!
@7 I think I'll handle things my way. Thanks
Aug 16th, 2012 - 07:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@1
Aug 16th, 2012 - 07:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Good idea about the Falkland Islands joining the Commonwealth. But after independence (if they choose that route).
Anyone.
As they take part in the Commmonwealth Games, aren't the FIs already in the Commonwealth?
If Argentina/OAS had any sense they could use the Falklands as an independent state to provide beneficial political/commercial links between the Commonwealth and Europe and South America for SA's benefit.
Sadly, there is too much navel gazing in Argentina for them to take advantage of that potential opportunity.
@1B_K,
Aug 17th, 2012 - 07:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0You must be joking. Our Queen is far superior to yours.
We'll stick with ours thank you very much.
You can keep yours.
There is no comparison between the Falklands & Hong Kong.
The Falklands have always been ours.
We have no obligation in anyway to any country about this: certainly not Argentina.
Only part of HK was ours, the rest was leased from China.
We had an obligation to hand back that part if China would not renew the lease.
The Chinese did not want to renew the lease & so we handed it back.
End of story. l know the HK residents didn't want to revert to China, BUT, the lease was up.
Finis.
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