Falkland Islands celebrated Margaret Thatcher's Day, remembering her visit 10 January 1983

Wednesday, January 11th 2023 - 10:22 UTC

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January 10 is a very special anniversary in the Falklands Islands because Margaret Thatcher's Day is celebrated. On this day in 1983 then Prime Minister Thatcher visited the Islands and was awarded the honorary freedom of the Falklands. Read full article

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Dirk Dikkler
A Revered Woman in the Falklands and the person responsible for ending the Military Junta in Argentina! YOU ARE WELCOME (Argentina)
Jan 11th, 2023 - 11:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Steve Potts
Time for Argentina to turn the page and move on?

Falklands War, Its Aftermath, And Argentina’s Failure to Accept Reality:

https://www.academia.edu/77654465/Falklands_War_Its_Aftermath_and_Argentina_s_Failure_to_Accept_Reality
Jan 11th, 2023 - 11:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pytangua
Thatcher You are Hated in large sectors of England and Scotland for your cruel ideology - only the chumps in Falklands whom we taxpayers subsidise are pleased. And we raised a toast when you died.
Jan 11th, 2023 - 02:15 pm - Link - Report abuse -4
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Judge Jose
Pytangua, I detested Thatcher and her policies ,but she was a strong leader and i can understand why the Islanders like her, if it wasnt for her you would be still living under an evil military dicatatorship, think before you open your mouth,
Jan 11th, 2023 - 02:29 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Dirk Dikkler
@Pytangua You are a silly little boy!!! and I seriously doubt you pay any taxes!
Jan 11th, 2023 - 07:58 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Shogun
From last April

Some plain speaking only if it is an opinion piece

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/07/british-sovereignty-falklands-absurd-imperial-hangover-argentina
Jan 11th, 2023 - 11:57 pm - Link - Report abuse -2
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Terence Hill
“Falklands whom we taxpayers subsidise”

Aren’t you the proven liar.

“We are now self-financing and have been since the late 1980s and we receive no economic aid from Britain nor do we pay any taxes or levies to the United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom assists us with our foreign affairs and defense. A defense, I might say, only required because of the belligerent nature of our closest neighbor”
https://en.mercopress.com/2014/05/23/falklands-reaffirms-right-to-self-determination-on-un-charter-and-documents-going-back-to-1960 falklands, self-sufficiency
Jan 12th, 2023 - 12:15 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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Monkeymagic
Argentina's quest for the Malvinas is the absurd imperial hangover.
Jan 12th, 2023 - 02:32 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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