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Falklands marks in May the landing of British forces and the liberation of Goose Green
May is a month of commemoration for the population of the Falkland Islands, as the 44th anniversary of the Argentine armed invasion falls this month — an occupation that was defeated and expelled following the landing of the Task Force dispatched by London. Read full article
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May 19th, 2026 - 02:32 pm - Link - Report abuse +2I still have the Union Jack that flew over the Goose Green Community Centre at your liberation party. I brought it down in 2018 and ran it up the pole again. It was later used as a forward marker for aircraft in the Gulf War and also at the Church where I was married. Happy Memories, and I will make sure it gets to the Falklands after my days.
May 19th, 2026 - 08:59 pm - Link - Report abuse +1On May 20, 1774, the British abandoned their clandestine settlement on Trinidad Island-Puerto de la Cruzada/Port Egmont, after recognizing Spanish sovereignty, leaving Spain to occupy the entire archipelago, only to return in 1833 and expel the Argentine population.
May 20th, 2026 - 02:37 pm - Link - Report abuse -4The Malvinas Islands are Argentine.
More lies Argie troll , there was no clandestine settlement and no recognition of Spanish sovereignty, and no expelling of an Argentine population. you are being deliberately obtuse. the Falklands where and are British. what a polonker you are,
May 20th, 2026 - 02:48 pm - Link - Report abuse +1Malvinenes 1833
May 20th, 2026 - 05:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If what you say is true, what law was broken in 1833?
The usurpation game…Falklands Illegally Occupied?: Title by Conquest https://www.academia.edu/105742960/Falklands_Illegally_Occupied
If what he claimed was true the it makes him and his country hypocrites, as Argentina did that with the southern part of their country,
May 20th, 2026 - 05:57 pm - Link - Report abuse +2”Argentine population? Looks like Malevolence personified is back with more hallucinations!
May 20th, 2026 - 06:20 pm - Link - Report abuse +2Malvi, why on earth do you keep repeating those lies. denial of British history of the islands is absurd, claiming Britain accepted Spanish sovereignty is ridiculous and to claim an Argentine population was expelled is stark raving bonkers. can you not see what a fool you are making of yourself ? are you just a silly troll with nothing better to do, time and time again you have been asked why has your governments never taken your case to court, and not once have you answered, the simple fact is you would lose just like you lost out to Chile, you do not have one shred of evidence to support your claim that would stand up in any court of law, what do you think you are achieving posting your garbage, how many hours/years have you wasted with these silly inaccurate comments. you claim things for Spain that Spain themselves have never claimed, your denial of what you did in southern Argentina to the natives is 100% disgusting, its like you are reading a book but turn over pages and ignore what it says because you dont like what it says, your denial of the disgusting behaviour of your UP militia and military Junta is shameful. you have issues that you need to address,
May 20th, 2026 - 07:09 pm - Link - Report abuse +1@ Steve Potts
May 21st, 2026 - 12:31 pm - Link - Report abuse -3There's no need to respond with complex data when British trolls write so much nonsense.
Saying that Argentina was 1,600 kilometers away is truly laughable when Argentina is the Malvinas Islands and the Malvinas Islands are Argentina. The islands had a population and were administered from Buenos Aires since the Spanish colonial era. If the argument is distance, then how can the islands be British from the other side of the planet?
The other absurdity that answers itself is the claim of conquest. So why, to end the conflict once and for all, has the United Kingdom never presented the claim of conquest as a legal argument?
Please, stop with your fantasies.
British trolls write so much nonsense ? you are confused, its you who does that, the Falklands are not Argentinas islands and they never have been legally, Argentina is not Spain, the United Provinces where thousands of miles away from Spain on the other side of the world, so its you who lives in a fantasy world and posts absolute nonsense, just too tunnel visioned to see it and thats being polite, Britain doesnt need to present anything, you do as its you who is trying to steal the islander home, what a buffoon. but you will not because you have no case.
May 21st, 2026 - 01:04 pm - Link - Report abuse +2“Argentina is the Malvinas Islands”
May 21st, 2026 - 01:14 pm - Link - Report abuse +2Absolutely not since Argentina is implicitly barred from any claim what so ever.
The UK can rely on the Peace of Utrecht, which explicitly bars any Argentine claim of succession.
“...it is hereby further agreed and concluded, that neither the Catholic King, nor any of his heirs and successors whatsoever, shall sell, yield, pawn, transfer, or by any means, or under any name, alienate from them and the crown of Spain, to the French, or to any other nations whatever, any lands, dominions, or territories, or any part thereof, belonging to Spain in America.”
“How can the islands be British from the other side of the planet?”
Easy!
Firstly, title based on contiguity has no standing in international law.
International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the North Sea continental shelf cases, in which Denmark and the Netherlands based their claim inter alia on the doctrine of proximity, i.e., that the part of the continental shelf closest to the part of the state in question falls automatically under that state's jurisdiction. In these cases the ICJ rejected any contiguity type of approach. As for continuity, it is argued, the 1958 Geneva Convention on the Continental Shelf and Contiguous Zone, Article 1, now contained in the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention, Article 76, does not support the view that coastal states have sovereignty over islands above the continental shelf. On the contrary it laid down doctrine that islands had their own “continental shelves,” p.74
The Falklands/Malvinas Case Breaking the Deadlock in the Anglo-Argentine...
By Roberto C. Laver
Malevolence is clearly in possession of psychoactive substances,although that sort of thing is prescribed for depression these days, and in retrospect, completely understandable !
May 21st, 2026 - 01:19 pm - Link - Report abuse +1An Argentina fanatic claiming Brits are posting nonsense, that is the best laugh i have had today. he is not a full shilling,
May 21st, 2026 - 01:27 pm - Link - Report abuse +2@Jack
May 21st, 2026 - 03:08 pm - Link - Report abuse -4....Argentina is not Spain, the United Provinces where thousands of miles away from Spain ...
It's great, Jack, that we finally agree. We concur that Steve's claim that Argentina was 1600 km away is utter nonsense; in any case, it would be irrelevant.
Besides, the Malvinas are part of Argentina, and Argentina is part of the Malvinas; they are not separate entities.
I have nothing against the islanders; in any case, they arrived after the Argentine islanders were evicted.
How would you feel with part of your country occupied by a foreign power?
The islanders can integrate into the rest of Argentina while respecting their way of life and customs. In fact, there are more British people living in mainland Argentina than on the islands.
The islands were never British.
Idiot above, you just do not get it, Spain conquered a lot of South America, from thousands of miles away. Britain settled the Falklands, the only difference Is the mainland was not empty the Falklands where. you where a rebel break away province that eventually gained indy, the Falklands will also become indy when the population becomes viable you claim bullshit inheritance, no law what so ever that dictates that is legal or just, the islands where in dispute between Britain and Spain, Spain eventually accepted the islands where indeed British not UPs, and their are maps that prove it, even Argie maps, nothing to do with the UP, the United Provinces where also well over a thousand miles away from the Falklands, you tried to take them by force, that is why you sent soldiers. Britain protested and warned you not to do that, you ignored the warning, again you lie about the Argentine islanders being evicted which is pathetic, you know very well that it was an international business venture, you know Vernet sought permission to go to the Falklands, had Britain said no then he would not have gone, the descendants of that failed business still live in the Falklands, how do you account for that ? more bullshit about Argentina is Malvinas Malvinas is Argentina ,its garbage the Falklands are not your property and never have been, just meaningless false claims, and then you finish of with the childish statement the islands where never British, which is the biggest load of bollocks that you post, you cant even accept the illegal land grab of you conquering what is now Southern Argentina. Spanish, Italian and Germans and even the Welsh in Patagonia are not native to the land, you are an implanted stock of white people, your whole story is full of holes lies and distortions, while ignoring things you do not like, you deserve every bit of ridicule you get, and when the day arrives when the islands become a full sovereign nation i will raise a toast and laugh at you.
May 21st, 2026 - 03:38 pm - Link - Report abuse +2“The islands were never British”
May 22nd, 2026 - 12:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0Not according to The British Foreign Secretary, Lord Palmerston, On 27 July 1849
Nor 'As late as 1886 the (US)Secretary of State found it necessary to inform the Argentine Government that as “the resumption of actual occupation of the Falkland Islands by Great Britain in 1833 took place under a claim of title which had been previously asserted and maintained by that Government, it is not seen that the Monroe Doctrine, which has been invoked on the part of the Argentine Republic, has any application to the case. By the terms in which that principle of international conduct was announced, it was expressly excluded from retroactive operation.”
P.60 Sovereignty and the Falkland Islands Crisis D.W. Greig
@Terence
May 22nd, 2026 - 03:53 pm - Link - Report abuse -2...the resumption of actual occupation of the Falkland Islands by Great Britain in 1833 took place under a claim of title which had been previously asserted and maintained by that Government...
If you manage to mention the years of protest from the British withdrawal to the expulsion of the Argentine population, I will leave this site.
Oh please don't leave, Malevolence. You are the best example of the inanity of Argentine pretensions around ! Whatever would we do?
May 22nd, 2026 - 04:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Poor Troll...
May 22nd, 2026 - 04:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Poor Troll...”
May 22nd, 2026 - 08:09 pm - Link - Report abuse +1You might want to look away from the mirror when you say that... ;)
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