MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
HMS Dragon calls at the remote Tristan da Cunha Island
The Royal Navy's Atlantic Patrol Tasking HMS Dragon called at Tristan da Cunha, one of the most remote islands on the planet, on the latest stage of her Atlantic deployment. There is no land to the west for more than 2,000 miles, South Africa is 1,750 miles to the east and the nearest inhabited locality is another British Overseas Territory 1,510 miles away. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesWell done Dragon. Nice to see the Navy being so helpful to the good folk of Tristan da Cunha.
Feb 05th, 2015 - 11:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0tristan da cunha, another illegal colony of the pirates and counting.
Feb 05th, 2015 - 11:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0and we are not talking of the 17ème siècle, eh??
@2. Still jealous, Pablo? As you suggest, the United Kingdom/Great Britain/Britain has a number of territories around the world. Tristan da Cunha is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Is your description of it as an 'illegal colony' on the same sort of basis as calling the Falkland Islands an 'illegal colony'? So it's 'illegal' because you can't have it.
Feb 05th, 2015 - 12:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You're a very sad and ignorant individual. Think on this. Martin Garcia Island is British. It was, after all, temporarily occupied by ANGLO-French forces. It's even in Uruguayan waters! An example of argie terrorism. When are you giving it back?
2'
Feb 05th, 2015 - 12:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0you are just jealous because Argentina CANT do what the Royal Navy CAN
one sub [un-named ]
left Portsmouth 2 weeks ago, destination unknown,
you argies really don't want to find out...lol
#2
Feb 05th, 2015 - 01:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Not as big an illegal colony as Argentina. Does Argentina also have a spurious claim to this place ? Of course, I forgot, you claim the whole of the S.Atlantic
@2 So what should happen to Tristan da Cunha? It's far to small to be independent, no other country lays claim to it, the families have been there for generations and there happy being a British overseas territory. So how is this illegal and why does it bother you?
Feb 05th, 2015 - 03:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I have always wanted to visit Tristan da Cunha
Feb 05th, 2015 - 03:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@2 Oooops I meant “they're happy being British”, they're is the contraction of they are. I thought I would correct myself before you did, since you are such a grammar Nazi lol.
Feb 05th, 2015 - 03:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Anyway back to the matter at hand. Why is this illegal and why does it bother you?
Paul's Argentinean education doesn't extend beyond Peronist slogans. You guys ask too much when you ask him to explain the logic behind his brainwashed ramblings.
Feb 05th, 2015 - 04:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Exactly where our Royal Navy should be, looking after our own interests and our own territories.
Feb 05th, 2015 - 05:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0britparasite
Feb 05th, 2015 - 05:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Exactly where our Royal Navy should be, looking after our own interests and our own territories.”
your territory starts and finishes in england
nothing else.
got it?
#11
Feb 05th, 2015 - 06:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No it doesn't stop at England. It includes ALL BOT territories and territorial waters., Got it ??????
Your territory stops at approx. 200 miles from your coast and does NOT include the Falkland' s and related BOT's nor Antarctica.. Got it ????????????
If you disagree, take it to the UN or ICJ and give us all a good laugh.
Get yourself a DECENT world atlas - not one from an Argentine source - and look for yourself.
@11 Fucking hell Pauly can you actually ever answer a question?!?!?!?! Your quick to correct peoples grammar, but should someone pose a serious adult question you either ignore it or reply wit insults, i can only assume you don't have answer due to your indoctrination and the fact you are a racist bigot, especially concerning all things British.
Feb 05th, 2015 - 06:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Now I will ask once again. What should happen to Tristan da Cunha? It's far to small to be independent, no other country lays claim to it, the families have been there for generations and they are happy being a British overseas territory. So how is this illegal and why does it bother you?
13 brainless
Feb 05th, 2015 - 07:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0who told you that?
penguin news or merdopress?
those islands, santa helena, ascensão and tristão da cunha, belong to BRAZIL, you benny-hillbilly.
and i am not a racist blablabla concerning all things british.
i have learnt to love britain through a gorgeous, intelligent & sensitive english girlfriend i used to have.
of course she was exactly the opposite of you lot in every fucking sense.
so, my problem is not with the british / english / english wannabes and stuff, but with the usual ignorant brainwashed, good for nothing pelotudos.
all of you included, of course.
Sounds like she is the exact opposite of you lol. And why should they belong to Brazil, fucking hell Pauly i have never heard that before, can you post a link or something proving that Brazil has an ongoing territorial dispute against these territories, because i can't find anything online, I mean Tristan da Cunha is closer to South Africa than Brazil, in fact i doubt the Brazilians even care.
Feb 05th, 2015 - 07:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0brainless
Feb 05th, 2015 - 07:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“, the families have been there for generations and they are happy being a British overseas territory”
wot?
LOL
read and learn.
“US and UK accused of 'squeezing life out of' Ascension Island”
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/sep/11/ascension-island-population-cut-uk-government
I agree, what Britain is doing on Ascension Island is disgusting, much like Diego Garcia, and those families have been on all three islands for generations and should have the right to remain there and they are happy living on Ascension, that's why they want to stay. So ummmm not sure what your getting at here Pauly.
Feb 05th, 2015 - 07:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And anyway, can you prove that Brazil has a territorial dispute regarding these territories? I can't find anything, there is this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Territorial_disputes_of_Brazil
But that's only Wikipedia so I can't confirm if its correct. So please enlighten me why these Islands should be Brazilian, and please don't bring up some tripe about the Portuguese Empire.
your territory starts and finishes in england
Feb 05th, 2015 - 08:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0nothing else.
got it?
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then your territory starts and finishes in Argentina
nothing else.
got it?
As l said, paul-niño is just an argumentative troll.
Feb 05th, 2015 - 09:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hey, paulibum, tell us again who Argentina belongs to?
lt can't be the Argentines by your reckoning, as you argue with anyone.
l've got your measure now, troll.
Cries of “Burn the troll, burn the troll” ! lolz!
I read the article above and just thought 'simply marvellous '.
Feb 05th, 2015 - 10:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Shame that penguin - cedron is too indoctrinated and sick with jealous spite to appreciate this beautiful place and the lovely story.
He must get through Gaviscon* by the bucket load to counteract all that bile.
*other brands are available
:-)
@16
Feb 05th, 2015 - 10:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hmm, not sure what aspect of me is a parasite, my surname is Olde English pre 7th century and indigenous to the region of England where I currently live. What part of south america did your forefathers originate from? Where were they in the 7th century? Europe I expect?
I think you truly know who the parasite is don't you.
The bit you are missing from your rant about Ascension or anywhere else, the bit you cannot stomach is that any one of our overseas territories can vote for independence any time they like, they can forge their own destiny as an independent nation any time they choose.
The question you should ask yourself is why don't they????
18 britonto
Feb 05th, 2015 - 11:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0exactly.
our territory starts and finishes in argentina, and that includes all the islands in our waters. i.e. malvinas.
got it now?
isolda
i thought you were not that thick.
argentina belongs to us argentinians, of course.
you didnt know it?
stay away from vodka iso.
22@
Feb 05th, 2015 - 11:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0so if you can claim up to 300 miles,
then will you support our claim to Half of France , 1/4 of Spain and most of Holland ,lol
@22 CAN YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION YOU STUPID FUCKWIT?!?!?WHY SHOULD THESE ISLANDS BELONG TO BRAZIL? COME ON RETARD GIVE ME AN ANSWER
Feb 06th, 2015 - 12:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0Polly wiggle wiggle has nothing better to do than waggle his computer dongle all day at its keyboard. Dont think he could even find Tristan on the map.
Feb 06th, 2015 - 12:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0Probably thinks its part of Portugal usurped by pirates somewhere in the mythical Argentine Sea.
Guys. Go gentle on Paul.
Feb 06th, 2015 - 01:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0Can't you see how much stress he is under?
Not only is he unemployed which affects his mental health but he was dumped by an English girlfriend which has inflicted severe mental trauma on top of his mental retardation caused by years of Peronist indoctrination.
He has become the perfect Argentinean. Making up facts and deflecting at all times.
Oh! how sad is to see Britons punching their chest for proud like Gorillas in the zoo for a shitty boat that can be sank by a rocket made by a children with carbon fiber bought in Alibaba.com
Feb 06th, 2015 - 11:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0It is really sad how a nation like Great Britain has become a shitty hole since 1930...
Once a global super power with complete dominance of the seas and the global commerce and now a little province or Germany in the EU.
I just wonder how the Brits can stand for so huge humiliation and irrelevance in the world.
I will be jumping from the Dover cliff if I would be in that situation...
At least will die win some self respect...
Ah! I remember the Brits lack of self-respect and prefer to be the lap dog of USAMEx in decadence that face her own reality.
Lest listen believe from cher
Do ya bolieve in love.. haha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv59VCMeq2k.
Clearly these islanders would be far off better belonging to Argentina.
Feb 06th, 2015 - 11:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0Think of all the advantages!
@28 Chicureo - Now that's really the point, the Tristanians don't “belong to” anyone, other than themselves. They're a British Overseas Territory (as opposed to a part of Brazil or South Africa (which is actually quite a bit closer)) because that's what the people who are there want.
Feb 06th, 2015 - 11:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0As for belonging to Argentina, why would anyone want that?
Oh!... Wait a minute please.....
Feb 06th, 2015 - 12:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Last time when I was in Britain they used to call the former colonies as The Shit Overseas Hole Full of the Niggers Territories...
How is that this have changed so quickly into something that the white Britons care about it?
I guess I’m missing something here. Do I?
Come one boys, someone of you was born in mother land England? I guess not because even 30 KM away from London there is just the countryside and full full of morons.
They (English) don’t even consider the Welsh as a Human Being and they call them sheep-shaggers.
For those no familiar with the term because are from the Over Shit Territories...
Means people who reproduce with sheep, take into account that I have been very polite here.... English are not...
It is so funny that even the Scots make fun of this, I don’t want to add more fuel to the fire... But if a Dumb Scottish make fun of you I guess you are in serious trouble because that means that you are in the rally bottom in the scale of the human race. Doya?????
Sheep Shaggers with Scottish accent I guess is pretty humiliating for Welsh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYNrHLfIx_4
Well After all we still can find some truly Englishmen sing proud, well to be honest seem to be taken from Villa 31 in CABA after a raid of Paco. Don’t blame me lads it is just what you can find in England on theses days.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYNrHLfIx_4
Even after all that Dany the Falkland Islanders still don't want to be Argentine.
Feb 06th, 2015 - 03:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 02015 and they are still British.
brainless FY
Feb 06th, 2015 - 04:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0hehehe.
what happens brainless?
are you histérica?
bet it is your period.
as for the question, learn how to use the internet or read a book, you ignorant benny-hillbilly.
#30
Feb 06th, 2015 - 06:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Thicko Dany, under what stone have you been hiding ?
If you took the trouble or had ANY brains, you would have seen that the song by Matt McGinn, from Glasgow, is directed at Aberdeen football club supporters. Now get out an Atlas, something seemingly unobtainable in Argentina OR that you don't understand how to use one and note that Aberdeen is not in Wales and is nowhere near it.! This surely within your defective intellect to understand.
I also presume that football hooligans are unknown in Argentina ?
grandpa
Feb 06th, 2015 - 06:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“OR that you don't understand how to use one and note that Aberdeen is not in Wales and is nowhere near it.!”
nowhere near it?
what's the distance between them?
500 km?
LOL
it seems you don't understand you are talking of little britain here.
@Clyde15
Feb 06th, 2015 - 07:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Oh really....
I didn’t know that all the players in the Scottish football clubs were from Wales...
May be that explains why you have ever won anything in a world cup???
Last time when I was in Britain they used to call the former colonies as The Shit Overseas Hole Full of the Niggers Territories
Feb 06th, 2015 - 09:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0and when was the last time you was in Britain perhaps the 1950s,
I can assure you we brits do not think of overseas BOTS like that at all,
you are just throwing mud to the wind.
11# paulcedric
Feb 07th, 2015 - 04:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0“your territory starts and finishes in england
nothing else.
got it?”
Wrong again!
That applies to Argentina, a failing state with no history to speak of, basically just an international nobody. It is Argentina that must confine itself within its borders and stay away from countries like the Falklands.
Britain, on the other hand, has a long and distinguished maritime history; it has friends and responsibilities all over the world. So, like it always has, the RN will range far and wide across the globe, visiting Britain's friends and protecting and assisting the inhabitants of the numerous British territories that it has responsibility for. That includes the Falkland Islands.
Btw, for a person who likes to be finicky about other writer’s grammar, you should take a look at your own!
down syndrome
Feb 07th, 2015 - 09:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0friends and responsibilities?
britain?
lol
LOL
3/4 parts of the world are their formal or informal enemies, you retarded wannabe.
and what responsibilities are you talking about?
invading and looting?
by the way, the islets are not a country, you ignoramus.
they are a colony.
capisce?
# 38 paulcedric
Feb 07th, 2015 - 10:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0“3/4 parts of the world are their formal or informal enemies,”
And you can prove this of course, or is this assertion just more of your hyperbole?
You may believe that the Falklands are a colony but that doesn’t make them so. In fact there are lots of things that you believe that are just fantasy or lies. You have form for being a mouth piece for spouting Argentine propaganda and believing in fantasies like the great ‘we was robbed’ malvinas myth.
You are the one who doesn’t get it. But that’s to be expected from a person who is as obviously conflicted as you are.
Poor Paul, you must have struggled at school.
I see TweedleDUMB and Tweedledee are in concerted action again.
Feb 07th, 2015 - 10:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0#34
Pathetic ! Why are you so shit scared of such a tiny little country ?
Yes Britain is geographically small in world terms whereas Argentina is a large geographic area full of eff-all of any value-including it's inhabitants.
It's main export being whinging and the spreading of Fairy Stories about a mythical Malvinas island group that they tried to steal, but were put in their rightful place by a superior race.
“3/4 parts of the world are their formal or informal enemies”“ I would have put that figure higher in the case of Argentina but I will accept your no doubt
highly researched figure for Argentina's world standing.
”they are a colony“ No more so than Argentina.
#35
”I guess I’m missing something here. Do I? “
You have got it in one ! You always miss the point.
OK explain to me what a song from a Glaswegian folksinger and poet about Ranger's football supporters and Aberdeen supporters has anything to do with Wales. Specifics please and not your wild generalities which come from your fevered imagination.
By the way, it would probably be more understandable if you wrote in Spanish as your English at times lacks clarity .
eg May be that explains why you have ever won anything in a world cup???
The use of the word ”ever“ indicates that Scotland HAVE won something in the World Cup.
The only ”winners ” are the ones who are the outright champions followed by the runners-up. Scotland , on occasions, have won some games in the finals but have never been good enough to progress further.
I have never regarded ANY country's worth by their ability to run around trying to kick a ball into a net. In that context, China or the USA would be worthless.
@39 downunder
Feb 07th, 2015 - 11:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Stop posting crap, will you please?
“countries like the Falklands”
There is no country in this world called Falklands.
Can you tell us who is the head of the State of your fictional country called Falklands?
Oh! don’t worry mate, is someone called Elizabeth II who also appoints the governor of the Falklands Islands colony.
I know you say that the Falklands are not a colony but according with whom?
Your own imagination????
Smell like a colony, acts like a colony, obey like a colony, is under the boot of a monarch, etc, etc...
Really hard to explain in the western world, don’t you think so?
@Clyde15
Let’s see...
“Pathetic ! Why are you so shit scared of such a tiny little country ?”
Who said that????
“By the way, it would probably be more understandable if you wrote in Spanish as your English at times lacks clarity .”
Oh! little Clyde has to resort to a typing error “N” to set up his case...
Have you ever thought that may be the problem is that you are from Scotland?
Let’s just make a quick accent survey. Do we NED?
This is a Scottish from Glasgow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5XyecKONu8
Despite that he is practically impossible to understand for an Englishman from the south of England and his E. Grammar don’t even exist...
I can tell you what is he saying.
Resuming to don’t make this so boring he was a former gangster with 1 or 2 years (according with him) in the crime business.
Ah! you cannot miss the part where he says “People in Glasgow carry on weapons including me” haha
Now compare the English spoken by the BBC commentators and you will realise that you are not in condition to correct anyone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5XyecKONu8
Now please tell me, if you are able to understand people from Glasgow. Are you?...
How could be so difficult for you to understand me especially when my Upper Class English accent learnt in Upton Park is really fab?
Ha ha
@41 DanyBerger,
Feb 08th, 2015 - 09:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0Still ignorant & uneducated, l see.
There is indeed a country called the Falklands.
l live here!
And whoever we choose to govern us & be our head of state is our business.
Wouldn't you say, Dany?
ln fact its got absolutely nothing to do with you or your silly country.
lf we want to be a republic, a kingdom or a colony then thats our choice, NOT yours & we don't have to please you.
A fair statement, don't you think Dany?
After all, we don't tell you how to run your mess, er l mean country.
And who cares about your ability to speak in many accents of English?
Maybe you should be on the stage(the next one out of town)!
Don't expect you to understand that crack. But if you do, then bully for you.
Don't you think so, Dany?
41#
Feb 08th, 2015 - 11:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0Of course calling the Falklands anything other than a colony is anathema to those Argentines who prosecute the great Malvinas myth, because they think that classifying the Falklands as a colony helps their fraudulent claim.
Unfortunately for Argentina, its 1982 invasion precipitated a change in the Island’s status from colony to Overseas Territory (Self Governing). But to the Falkland Islanders it’s their land, their Island home, their country.
After all if that great shit hole of a place called Argentina can desecrate the title of ‘Country’, the Falklands more than qualify for the title.
But this is not about semantics it is a lot more serious, it is an argument about fairness and decency and the rights of a unique people to exist peacefully in their own country and enjoy the freedoms that civilised people take for granted. It is about jackbooted neighbours imposing trade and communication embargos, harassing the Islanders and continually questioning their right to exist at International forums. Because of Argentine duplicity, the Islanders are excluded from many of these forums. Argentina does not have the courage to face those that it persecutes in public.
The fact that, in some forums, Argentina escapes censure for its behaviour does not imply that it is acting correctly it is simply a sad indictment of the indifference of some counties to the principles of self-determination and freedom for all peoples. Argentina should draw no comfort from this complicity, the sad fact is that Argentina is a disgrace, its actions and rhetoric towards the Islanders is morally reprehensible and people like yourself and the other muppets who lend support by spouting your crap are equally dammed. Shame on all or you!
@ lsolde
Feb 08th, 2015 - 12:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I don’t care where you live but Falklands still not a country and that is a fact.
@downunder
“Unfortunately for Argentina, its 1982 invasion precipitated a change in the Island’s status from colony to Overseas Territory (Self Governing). But to the Falkland Islanders it’s their land, their Island home, their country.”
Nope is not like that and so simple, the islands are in dispute between Argentina and United Kingdom and none in this world have recognised these Islands as a country.
Thing that will never happen while Argentina keeps claming the land as part of her territories.
So stop crying like a baby because you cannot have your little country.
Still British :-)
Feb 11th, 2015 - 07:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0And beautiful!
Feb 11th, 2015 - 09:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0@44 DanyBerger,
Feb 11th, 2015 - 09:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0You can say “Nope” just as much as you like- you are wrong & you know it.
l should just ignore you, but its fun to throw a spanner in your works.! lol.
The Falklands is a country, whether you like it or not.
And we don't care if you DON'T like it. Tough bananas for you.
The Falklands is OUR country.
That is-it is NOT yours.
You can “claim” what you like, we don't care too much.
Finally, we are smiling, its you malvinistas that are crying like babies because you cannot have OUR country.
@Isolde
Feb 11th, 2015 - 10:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0Yes sure as the moon is mine.
You have to care and a lot...
You cannot be so naive, immature and act like a child.
A country has to be recognised worldwide by another countries you cannot declare yourself unilaterally a country.
So let’s get real, shall we?
You are living in a territory under dispute and a nation like Argentina with 200 years is claming to UK this territory as part of her.
Meanwhile this keep going on, due to UK intransigent to keep the status quo you are just squatters.
Enjoy it meanwhile last...
Simple as that.
Then you can argue whatever you want.
#41
Feb 11th, 2015 - 11:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0Of course the Argies are as they have to try to prove themselves against the Brits. However it's no contest as they have not a hope in hell's chance of achieving anything like our inherent superiority. Live with it.
A mature people would just ignore us as we would wish to ignore them.
Oh! little Clyde has to resort to a typing error “N” to set up his case..
I wish I was little physically as the lbs. have piled on with the years, anyway, thanks for the complement. If you mean intellectually, yes the years take their toll but I am still streets ahead of you.
A quick accent survey. There are several accents in Glasgow of which this is but one. Try BBC Scotland newsreaders for others.
NED is short for non educated delinquent. Hardly a description that fits me.
I had a good education both primary and secondary and a grounding in the English language that you certainly do not exhibit.
Yes, I understand him perfectly as I do accents from Aberdeen, Buchan, Shetland, Birmingham, Lancashire, Yorkshire,East Anglia, Dorset etc.
I was even told in Tobago that I could do a very good Tobagan patois.
You seem to revert to blaming a“typing error” when you are challenged.
Here's a tip, READ WHAT YOU WRITE BEFORE PRESSING SEND!
THEN you will not have to plead typos.
From your post
his E. Grammar don’t even exist... Incorrect, should be doesn't
you are not in condition to correct anyone. missed out A before condition.
How could be so difficult for you to understand me especially when my Upper Class English accent learnt in Upton Park is really fab?
“How could be” ? Did you mean how could IT be or are you reverting to West Indies English. I remember you saying that you used to “hang-out” with W.Indians and attacking honkies.
How can I tell your accent when this is a written forum ?
You still have not answered my question at #35 and#40 as to the relevance to Wales about the song.
I have looked at the grammar in your posts and it is piss poor .
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