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“The Falklands cannot remain British for ever,” a Guardian column argues
In an opinion column published in the British newspaper The Guardian, writer Simon Jenkins argued that the Falklands “cannot remain British for ever” and called for London to eventually reopen sovereignty negotiations with Argentina. The piece is the columnist's personal opinion and does not represent the newspaper's editorial position. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesJenkins needs to STFU. he is a nobody, why even give him publicity.
Jul 17th, 2026 - 10:46 pm - Link - Report abuse +4the islands will stay British as long as the islanders want it too,
the Gibraltar barrier was disabled with the agreement of the Gibraltarians, does not mean the status of the island has changed,
He’s entitled to his opinion, I suppose.
Jul 17th, 2026 - 11:30 pm - Link - Report abuse +3Personally, I don’t think it warrants the credibility of an answer.
That ship has already sailed; there is nothing to negotiate other than the full transfer of sovereignty. The United Kingdom expelled the Argentine population in 1833, and we will not forget it. Here is what will happen: Argentina will grow economically and exert passive, peaceful pressure while rebuilding its armed forces. This will help us multiply the defense budget twentyfold—placing the burden on the British taxpayer—and we will wait for the right moment to strike.
Jul 18th, 2026 - 08:16 am - Link - Report abuse -8What expelled Argentine population is that ? you mean Perons lie,
Jul 18th, 2026 - 08:37 am - Link - Report abuse +4here is what will happen,
the Falklands will become an independent country and no transfer of sovereignty will ever happen,
any future attempt of force by Argentina will be wiped out before it gets anywhere near the Falklands, its called technology, you live in a dream world, and are one disgusting person to want thousands more of your military to die for a lie. how about we nuke you, with hypersonic missiles,
the islanders will never forget , Britain will never forget, some people never learn.
the defence budget 20 fold ? stay off the drugs,
such a stupid post from a very stupid person,
Says Jenkins. If he'd had a bit more about him he would have realised that it would be illegal to give, cede, trade a non-self-governing territory away without 'the consent' of the inhabitants. It's called self-determination and applies to all non-self-governing territories:
Jul 18th, 2026 - 09:13 am - Link - Report abuse +3Self-determination - The International Court of Justice has confirmed in a judgment and five advisory opinions that 'the right to self-determination applies to all non-self-governing territories. (Legal Consequences for States of South Africa's Continued Presence in Namibia 1971, pp. 31-32; Western Sahara Advisory Opinion 1975, p. 68, para. 162; East Timor Evidence for 1995, p. 102, para. 29; Legal Consequences of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 2004, p. 171-172, para. 88; Kosovo Advisory Opinion 2010, p. 37, para. 79) and Chagos Advisory Opinion 25 Feb 2019 Para 161. No exceptions were given.
In this regard, on October 20, 2008, the United Nations General Assembly rejected a motion by Spain and Argentina to impose restrictions on the right to self-determination, by 61 votes to 40, to where there was a sovereignty dispute determining that it is a fundamental right.(GA/DOCUP/406)
In light of the 1995 judgment of the International Court of Justice in East Timor, the United Nations International Law Commission and the United Nations Commission on Human Rights consider the right to self-determination to be a ”jus cogens'. (Compelling law).
The people of the Falklands have elected to remain ' ‘Associated with the UK’ in accordance with UNGA 2625 OF 1970. A legal right.
Simon Jenkins is entiteled to his unqualified opinion. As there is no rule against making a horse's' ass of yourslf.
Jul 18th, 2026 - 11:04 am - Link - Report abuse +3While I am satisfied with the ICJ President's view, that what Argentine “protests do not do, is to defeat the British title” case closed.
He wrote the same nonsense in same paper afew yers ago.
“British sovereignty over the Falklands is an absurd imperial hangover that must end”
Simon Jenkins
Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist, author and BBC broadcaster.
Opinions are like buts, every one has got one. Just some stink more than others.
The jurist Rosalyn Higgins President of ICJ arrived at a similar conclusion when she pointed out:
“No tribunal could tell her [Argentina] that she has to accept British title because she has acquiesced to it But what the protests do not do is to defeat the British title, which was built up in other ways through Argentinas acquiescence.” 1
1. Rosalyn Higgins, “Falklands and the Law,” Observer, 2 May 1982.
Perhaps Mr Jenkins would like to pop down to the Islands for a chat with local folk in The Rose or The Vic?
Jul 18th, 2026 - 11:22 am - Link - Report abuse +2Simon Jenkins is entiteled to his unqualified opinion. As there is no rule against making a horse's' ass of yourslf.
Jul 18th, 2026 - 11:47 am - Link - Report abuse +1While I am satisfied with the ICJ President's view, that what Argentine “protests do not do, is to defeat the British title” case closed.
He wrote the same nonsense in same paper afew yers ago.
“British sovereignty over the Falklands is an absurd imperial hangover that must end”
Simon Jenkins
Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist, author and BBC broadcaster.
Opinions are like buts, every one has got one. Just some stink more than others.
The jurist Rosalyn Higgins President of ICJ arrived at a similar conclusion when she pointed out:
“No tribunal could tell her [Argentina] that she has to accept British title because she has acquiesced to it But what the protests do not do is to defeat the British title, which was built up in other ways through Argentinas acquiescence.” 1
1. Rosalyn Higgins, “Falklands and the Law,” Observer, 2 May 1982.
Very few people actually read the Guardian and even fewer would bother to read anything that Simon Jenkins writes. Sadly the Guardian and Mr Jenkins are always ready to fight other people's battles particularly if those people have suffered from years of oppression from old European Powers.
Jul 18th, 2026 - 01:16 pm - Link - Report abuse +1Hang on a minute - shouldn't they be castigating all those Italians who speak very poor Spanish who happily murdered the indigenous people of the country they now call Argentina?
If Mr Jenkins and his ilk do a bit of history and check their facts they might learn that way back.in the 1600's there were no people living on the Falklands, There was no country called Argentina and neither France or Spain or Great Britain, who at various times had a presence on the islands , murdered the local people or stole their lands and natural resources. Given the way in which the Argentines have managed their stolen lands since gaining their indepenfence is it any wonder that the inhabitants of the Falklands are not inclined to join them?
Very good at football, albeit with a fair measure of cheating, but not much else to commend them.
Argy Cit
Jul 18th, 2026 - 01:23 pm - Link - Report abuse +2In your dreams this can happen, but in reality, it won’t.
Argentina cannot become a ‘normal country’, as Milei described it, until issues like corruption are tackled and you have an open economy.
Although I’m told that corruption is endemic right across S. America.
At the end of WW II Argentina had the second largest gold reserves in the world, second only to the US and way ahead of the rest of the world.
So, what happened?
Reality happened.
UK position is undermined from inside
Jul 18th, 2026 - 01:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0*By the traditional “English traitor” who makes money from writing something noticeable like Jenkins.
*By Israel, which supported Argentina during the war, today, Jewish commentators and public servants like Hermer with Chagos or Simon Marks from LBC oppose UK on the Falklands
*By Islam: Islamic commentators such as ALI Mirage also from LBC
*By USA disruptors like the treacherous toxic ally Trump, great ideological friend of Jewish Milei of Argentina
*The Labour Party: Starmer irritated USA in its time of need when, without any consultation, it was doing the world and Israel a favour by trying to get rid of the terrorist regime in Iran.
Starmer and Hermer have been trying to give away Chagos which we all knew would haunt and undermine UK everywhere. This is what they had been doing before they were elected. The Labour Party is a cabal of treacherous, mercenary “human rights lawyers” who for sport, were attacking UK veterans but not Tony Blair who sent them to war!
It is so important that UK show unanimity and strength defending the Falklands and not sending mixed signals which will confuse Argentina and will end costing UK and Argentine lives.
In the long run the Peronists who were about to give China a naval base in Tierra del Fuego may come back and Trump's power may be gone soon, China's army already has a military base in Argentina's Rio Negro.
As for USA if it continues to be such a toxic ally, it would be convenient to see all their bases on UK territory gone, closed down.
Apologies to the inhabitants of the Falkland Islands for the drivel spouted by the famed Falkland's apologist writing in the Guardian. Best ignored.
Jul 18th, 2026 - 01:36 pm - Link - Report abuse +2On a happier note, then next week sees the return of the Royal Welsh Show in Builth Wells, where no doubt I will meet up again with Falkland Islanders, and discuss important matters like wool prices and the shearing competition.
@Vet.. he does not speak for Guardian readers or the British public, just an attention seeker trying to justify his existence as a so called journalist,
Jul 18th, 2026 - 02:15 pm - Link - Report abuse +2as for the comment by the Argie, he needs to see a shrink,
Jenkins is a typical leftie.guardian twonk.
Jul 18th, 2026 - 02:37 pm - Link - Report abuse +2His comment is like saying Argentina cannot remain part of South America forever.
No of course it can't because eventually the Sun will go nova.
Argentine_Cityzen
Jul 18th, 2026 - 03:47 pm - Link - Report abuse +2''The United Kingdom expelled the Argentine population in 1833...''
Why don't you do some independent research instead of using that propaganda book...-
Falklands - Expelled Population Myth(2 pgs): https://www.academia.edu/39727033/Falklands_-Expelled_Population_Myth
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It's the “Grauniad.” What does anybody expect?
Jul 18th, 2026 - 06:28 pm - Link - Report abuse +1LP
Jul 18th, 2026 - 10:54 pm - Link - Report abuse +1What is the similarity between Geert Wilders, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump?
It’s the hair do!
Why, because the Space Aliens can’t quite get human hair right.
Just ask David Icke:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Icke
His explanations about ‘Archons’ and ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’, ripping stuff, what!
@Jack Jones Technology is a secondary factor; Argentina has a strong scientific foundation. If it chooses to do so, it could develop missile silos—similar to what Iran is doing (a country that is far less wealthy and developed)—and the US still wouldn't be able to defeat it without escalating the conflict.
Jul 19th, 2026 - 01:36 am - Link - Report abuse -4In fact, it already did so back in the day with the development of the Condor missile in the 80s... The technology Iran is using—and which is humiliating the US—is what we sold them, as well as their nuclear program.
You really are a very silly little boy Zit, the US attacking Iran has been a disaster for the US, but it has also been devastating to Iran, Argentina is decades behind the UK with technology, the UK does not stand still waiting for you to catch up, they already have non nuclear missiles that can destroy your military bases and cities, your stupidity beggars belief, you have posted this fantasy garbage time and time again, technology is the main factor, the old days of warfare are gone. if you really believe the ridiculous garbage you have posted then you are sick in the head, seek help asap.
Jul 19th, 2026 - 08:58 am - Link - Report abuse +4Argy Cit
Jul 19th, 2026 - 01:59 pm - Link - Report abuse +3The Falklands are very small (and far away) and defended, Argentina is very big and completely undefended.
With 300nm of open sea between the Falklands and Argentina, they will see you coming.
Everywhere in Argentina is in range of British missiles, which you won’t see coming. Each of which can be equipped with 3 nuclear warheads.
Argentina couldn’t defend itself in the old warfare, in the new it has nothing.
But then no one is threatening to invade your territory, are they.
Also, Iran is getting far less wealthy and developed by the day, and it’s not over yet.
It will take a generation or more for the country to get back to where it was, if it ends today.
Probably more than that as it doesn’t look like ending anytime soon and I don’t see them getting any help from neighbouring countries, or anyone else for that matter.
So, tell me again, who’s winning this war?
Technology most certainly is the future. unmanned jets, drones, hypersonic missiles, weapons with so much devastation its scary to think what they will be, you have no clue what you are talking about, increase pressure peacefully . how ? nobody is interested in your false claim, increase your military 20 fold, delusional and laughable, the UK can match you quite easily and pull even further away. its clowns like you, Patricia, Malvi etc that hold your country back., you have been right about one thing and one thing only, its too late for negotiations, the ship has sailed after 1982. as someone has said already. your posts are sheer stupidity, your country still has not grown up and immature posters like yourself are a prime example.
Jul 19th, 2026 - 02:32 pm - Link - Report abuse +2There is nothing to worry about. In the natural world, things unfold in a balanced, peaceful, and humble way. Disagreement is part of that balance.
Jul 19th, 2026 - 03:11 pm - Link - Report abuse -1Everything has its time under the sun, whether we like it or not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm0D1vLp_CQ&list=FLmXPTu1f8AdGlizWNiASx2A&index=1
Disagreements are fine Brasileiro, that is life, but the constant lying by some Argentinian posters about the history of the Falklands and especially one idiot that wants war and more death, that is just pathetic,
Jul 19th, 2026 - 03:48 pm - Link - Report abuse +1Milei is a clown who wants the stage all to himself. He won't achieve anything. And there is nothing for him to achieve.
Jul 19th, 2026 - 03:57 pm - Link - Report abuse +1I don't like saying this, but if trouble arises, we will stand together. Brazil does not want to be part of or support an act of aggression against a small Atlantic community.
Argentine zit
Jul 19th, 2026 - 04:31 pm - Link - Report abuse +1You are under a misapprehension. You seem to believe Argentina is a great country. It is in fact probably the worst country in the world, if you compare what it could be to what it is. Argentina was once one of the richest countries in the world, it is now shot hole. It is so corrupt it doesnt know who it stole from last, it clings to a false myth that you repeat here proving the fact, it cheats everywhere it goes. It is the laughing stock of the world. Even when it invaded the islands, its cowardly leadership left conscripts there to die. You are the result of 60 years of Peronist filth, Milei wants to help you, but you can't help yourself.
I for one look forward to the day that Patagonia is returned to Chile, Corrientes and Formosa returned to Paraguay, and the hated portenos consigned to where they belong for all eternity. I always try to look on the bright side...
Jul 19th, 2026 - 06:51 pm - Link - Report abuse +2“The United Kingdom expelled the Argentine population in 1833”
Jul 19th, 2026 - 10:03 pm - Link - Report abuse +2Argentine_Cityzen Liar!
Tell us the number, names and occupations of those civilians who were expelled.
The true answer according to 1833 Argentine sources are:
0 (Zero). No names. No Argentine colonists were expelled.
All the colonists preferred to stay under British rule, except for a Brazilian couple and an Uruguayan couple. Argentine documents tells us so, it's there for you to read.
Perhaps you can explain why Argentinos are so ignorant of what actually happened in spite of the available contemporary Argentine sources.
Can you imagine a country that lies to its inhabitants, teaches that lie throughout the education system, has that lie perpetrated throughout government, through every industry and the proof of the lie sits in the very historic evidence in Buenos Aires, written by an Argentine Captain who was present at the time.
Jul 20th, 2026 - 10:33 am - Link - Report abuse +1It is quite extraordinary. but hen when you see how their football team want to win at any costs, cheat, dive, foul....its cultural. Its who they are.
Indoctrination is what Hitler. Mussolini, Stalin, Mao and Kim did, the clowns in Argentina are doing the same, clearly not grown up as a people,
Jul 20th, 2026 - 12:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I said that in the long term that can change. In fact, that's what China has done, going from being a poor country of domestic agriculture in the 60s to a global military power.
Jul 21st, 2026 - 03:17 am - Link - Report abuse -2Regarding nuclear weapons, the United Kingdom cannot use them against Argentina, as it is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. It can only use conventional weapons.
For the same reason, Russia cannot use nuclear weapons against Ukraine, even though Ukraine has already killed more than 1 million of its soldiers and is bombing its cities and refineries with drones.
Any violation of the NPT or illegal nuclear aggression against a non-nuclear-armed country would trigger an escalating arms race, which would drag the United Kingdom and the rest of humanity back to the Stone Age.
@Don Alberto, There u had the list , Indroduction:
Jul 21st, 2026 - 03:24 am - Link - Report abuse -2Pascoe and Pepper are at great pains to demonstrate that Onslow did not expel the civilians living in the Argentine settlement, but that only the garrison was evicted, which cannot be considered the “genuine population”. They also claim that only eleven civilians left the island, most of which were not “genuine residents”. According to the British authors, only those present since the time Vernet had established a human presence in the islands, not those who had arrived in 1832, were “genuine residents”. The authors conclude that only four “genuine residents” left the islands as a result of Onslow´s actions.
The aim of the British pamphlet is quite clear: attempting to prove that the Argentine population was not evicted, thereby circumventing the argument which denies the application of the principle of the right of peoples to self-determination to the present British inhabitants of the islands. It would be hard to justify the application of this principle to a situation in which the colonial power replaced a population with its own and then claimed that the latter should decide the fate of the territory.
There is an evident manipulation of data, particularly through the arbitrary differentiation between “genuine” residents and others who are not part of that category. Why should the residents settled there by virtue of the Argentina´s actions be distinguished on this basis? The presence of the newcomers, many of them with their families, was a logical continuation of Argentina´s existing presence, and their arrival aimed at re-establishing a normality violently shattered by the actions of the American frigate “Lexington”.
There is also a gross manipulation of numbers. The truth is that as a consequence of the British invasion, 53 people who were living on the islands returned to Buenos Aires from Puerto Soledad.
@DonAlberto , The British schooner “Rapid” escorted the “Sarandí” for the British and carried in shackles the nine insurgents who had killed Argentine commander Francisco Mestivier. These were: 2nd Sergeant José María Díaz; 1st Corporal Francisco Ramírez and privates Manuel Sáenz Valiente, Antonio Moncada, Bernardino Cáceres, Manuel Delgado, Mariano Gadea, Manuel Suares and José Antonio Díaz. The schooner “Sarandí” took 17 military men with 10 members of their families (wives and children) to Buenos Aires and 17 inhabitants of the islands that worked there. The military men and their families were the following: Captain J. Antonio Gomila; Sargeant Santiago Almandos; 1st Corporal Miguel Hernández and his wife María Romero; Corporal Daniel Molina; and privates José Barrera, José Gómez, Manuel Francisco Fernández, Toribio Montesuna, Juan J. Rivas and his wife María I. Beldaño, Dionisio Godoy, Hipólito Villareal and his wife Lucía Correa and two children, Gregorio Durán and his wife Carmen Manzanares with two children, Benito Vidal and his wife María Saisa, José Soto and José Rodríguez, Juan Castro and his wife Manuela Navarro and Antonio García. Finally, the group of civilians was composed of the following workers: Joaquin Acuña and his wife Juana, Mateo González and his wife Marica, and the foreigners José Viel, Juan Quedy, Francisco Ferreyra and Máximo Warnes and a female group with their children: María Rodríguez with three Childrens born on the islands; Anastasia Romero; Encarnación Álvarez; Carmen Benítez; Tránsita González and daughter. THE NUMBERS SPEAK FROM THEMSELVES: 53 people set sail, and according to the British pamphlet itself, only 22 remained on the islands. That is to say, the British eviction resulted in almost 70% of the population leaving the islands. The British pamphlet claims that “only the garrison was expelled” and that the civilians who left made that decision freely.
Jul 21st, 2026 - 03:28 am - Link - Report abuse -2It does not require a great deal of intelligence to understand that the “choice” was motivated by the British occupation and the subsequent expulsion of Argentina. If we take into account the multinational nature of the Argentine population settled in the islands, it becomes clear that essentially individuals from the Río de la Plata left.158 If the British eviction had not occurred, the population would have remained on the islands, and the reestablishment of order would have permitted the return of the population sent scattering by the “Lexington” in 1831. The Argentine settlement would have continued to develop, a task Luis Vernet was devoted to in Buenos Aires. It is of little use to claim that Captain Onslow tried to persuade the inhabitants to stay: to place a population taken to the islands by the actions of Argentina under the authority of a British subject acting to maintain British control over the islands is a typically colonial action. The key point here is that: 1) there was a permanent human settlement in the islands, which had no military objectives but only the aim of the economic development of the territory promoted by the Argentine government; 2) in 1831 the Lexington´s brutal actions disbanded the population; 3) in 1832, Argentina was making the necessary efforts to re- establish the situation and 4) in 1833 the British dispossession put an end to the first true human development of the Falklands/Malvinas.
Jul 21st, 2026 - 03:32 am - Link - Report abuse -2Great Britain expelled Argentina from the islands in 1833. They evicted the authorities and part of the population – men, women and children. The key point is that by this act of force Argentina was prevented from re-establishing the settlement that had been founded in the 1820s with so much effort. The leaflet does not mention that, as a consequence of the 1833 use of force, the residents of the Argentine settlement in the Falklands/Malvinas who had been removed in 1831 were never able to return. (EVICTION)
The residents living in the Falklands/Malvinas in 1833 were only part of the population. The attempt of the British pamphlet to justify the use of force by saying that the inhabitants it considered “genuine” were not expelled does not stand up to the slightest analysis. Furthermore, if the inhabitants taken to the islands by Vernet were “genuine” and they recognized Argentina´s authority over the islands, why should they be made to live under British authority?
Jul 21st, 2026 - 03:36 am - Link - Report abuse -1what a load of long winded waffle of distortions fantasies and lies 2 account troll.
Jul 21st, 2026 - 11:11 am - Link - Report abuse +1regarding future military, weaponry systems will have evolved so much that you will be wiped out if you try anything, you will not get near the islands, and your military bases will be destroyed, should you target Stanley or MPA then your towns and cities will get much more in return, their will be no further attempts to take the islands as it would be suicide.
Britain needs to justify nothing it was British sovereign territory,
as for your lies about usurping an Argentine population which has been explained over and over again to you,
a business venture resided on those islands, people from various countrys where employed by that business, it was not an Argentine settlement, they where the with the permission of Britain,
Buenos Aires then sent a military to take the islands by force and appoint an illegal governor, Britain protested, and warned them not to do it, you ignored the warning.
Britain removed that illegal military garrison along with their families peacefully with out a shot being fired, they where never part of that settlement which numbered around 20. never ever was there an Argentine town or legal ownership by you,
only 4 civilians left voluntary. none of them where from Argentina,
the settlement would not have continued to develop, they where all going to leave.
Vernet had long since left for good. Dixon took over as leader of the business.
an illegal military invasion by Argentina does not make the islands yours.
so many holes and lies in your post two account troll that its like reading a comic,
the key points is your post is full of lies, no usurping, no Argentine sovereignty, no Argentinian town, no Argentine wanted to live there, it does not take a great amount of intelligence to know Argentinas claim is bollocks, based on a Peron lie, grow up ffs,
Argy Cit
Jul 21st, 2026 - 11:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The inhabitants had sought, and been granted, permission from the British to be there, which clearly prohibits any ‘recognition of Argentina’s authority’ of the territory.
The evidence simply does not support the Argentinian version of events, in the S. Atlantic.
In S. America, there is no such dispute about what happened to the ‘genuine inhabitants, is there:
‘Our self-respect as a virile people obliges us to put down as soon as possible, by reason or by force, this handful of savages who destroy our wealth and prevent us from definitely occupying, in the name of law, progress and our own security, the richest and most fertile lands of the Republic.
— Julio Argentino Roca.’
You massacred them, long after the British had re-captured the Falklands.
The Argentinian settlement would have grown ????, that is the best joke i have read today.
Jul 22nd, 2026 - 01:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0they where all leaving, if Britain had got there a month later they would have been gone.
and it was not an Argentine town either. Brazilians, Uruguayans, British. Irish and a few from the UP made up the diaspora. you are embarrassing yourself with your fantasy, why did you send a military there in the first place ? no trouble on the islands was there, you sent them to take the islands by force and didnt think Britain would respond, your posts get more silly by the day,
The fantasies and tales spun by the British are amusing, but reality doesn't alter the hard facts. They can paint whatever picture they like.
Jul 22nd, 2026 - 04:46 am - Link - Report abuse -2It is only a matter of time before Argentina regains full sovereignty over the usurped territory; after all, they have already lost Hong Kong and Chagos, and have returned much of what they stole.
In the meantime, they can keep spending £200 million a year on defense...
But it seems a significant number of UK residents are already grumbling about taxes. They will soon cease to exist as a united nation; Scotland and Wales will likely leave within twenty years...
We simply need to wear them down gradually and negotiate the handover with a Labour government like Starmer's.
Don't worry—the islanders will retain extensive rights, and we will lease the territory to them so they can maintain the Mount Pleasant base for £100 million a year, just like with Chagos.
Zit, you really have no clue what you are talking about,
Jul 22nd, 2026 - 07:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0their is not a single shred of evidence that supports your absurd claim regarding the Falklands. its you who makes up lies and fairy tales, that is why you have never took the case to court and never will.
its not a matter of time either, Hong Kong was on a 99 year lease. we didnt have sovereignty of the new territories and without that section of Hong Kong it was not viable,
the Chagos situation is not remotely the same issue and has been explained to you many many times, the UK spends 60 million not 200 million a year on the Falklands, its a drop in the ocean and is of no concern to anyone except you.
People always complain about taxes but no one complains about defending the Falklands
Scotland may in the future become independent ,its their choice, good luck to them if they do, miniscule support in Wales to be independent,
here we go again wearing Britain down gradually ??? deluded and delusional. you will never have the fire power or influence to do that.
Starmer is not the PM stupid, you cant even get that right. their will never be negotiations on sovereignty ever.
so no their will be no handing over at all and the Falklands will prosper and grow and will be come a sovereign independent nation,
and no amount of your lies, distortions and delusional fantasies will change that,
such a silly little boy living in a dream world, grow up.
Argy Cit
Jul 22nd, 2026 - 02:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0As I said earlier, ‘in your dreams this can happen, but in reality, it won’t’.
At the end of WW II Argentina had the second largest gold reserves in the world, second only to the US and way ahead of the rest of the world.
So, what happened? Reality happened.
You can dream, you can imagine, you can believe what you want, but in the end, you are still stuck with reality, whether you like it or not.
Just like losing the world cup final, clearly don’t like it, but you are stuck with it, you still lost.
Normally I’d say ‘you’ll get over it’, but in Argentina’s case, probably not.
What lies are they Argie troll ? you mean the facts that expose your countries lies.
Jul 22nd, 2026 - 02:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0the rest of your post is not worth responding to as its stark raving bonkers,
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