Two Falkland Islanders at the 8th Commonwealth Youth Parliament in British Columbia

Friday, November 11th 2016 - 11:09 UTC

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In a colorful opening ceremony in the Legislative Chamber at the Parliament Buildings in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, over 60 young participants representing CPA Branches in eight of the nine CPA Regions – Africa; Asia; Australia; British Islands and Mediterranean; Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic; Canada; India; Pacific – came together for the start of a week long program of events. The Falkland Islands are represented by Jody Aldridge and Gemma Finn. Read full article

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“Two Falkland Islanders at the 8th Commonwealth Youth Parliament in British Columbia...
The Falkland Islands are represented by Jody Aldridge and Gemma Finn.”

Think says...:
Gemma a Falklander...?
Really...?
Freshly arrived from London, England exactly two years ago...
How did she managed to jump the looooong queue of aspirants (ya know, them brownies from St. Helena & Chile, for example) and become a “Belonger” and a “Representant for them Islands” sooooooooooooooo quick...?

She is obviously interacting with other that them penguins...;-)
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arglands
'Brownies'...racist twat. She is there because she deserves it.
Nov 13th, 2016 - 09:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Any Kelper here that can (or want's to) shed some light over this “Express Belongr Status” Ms. Finn seems to have gotten...?
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Monty69
I can shed some light on this: there is no such thing as 'belonger status'. As for Gemma Finn, if she applied to represent the Falkland Islands, and was chosen, and identifies as a Falkland Islander, then good luck to her. Thankfully, the number of old fossils who worry about how many generations anyone's family has been in the islands is diminishing as they drop off the perch (or move to Southampton).
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Think
Dear Monty 96...

1)” Falkland Islands status is a legal status in the Falkland Islands (the Falklands form of Belonger Status) ”

2) “ A person who has been granted Falkland Islands status under an Ordinance providing for the grant of that status to persons who have been ordinarily resident in the Falkland Islands for a period of AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS, or such period not exceeding seven years as the Ordinance may prescribe, and has not, in accordance with that Ordinance, lost or been deprived of such status.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands_status

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