Re: English Type 45 destroyer
It is not within the power of the UK Government to 'Hand Back' the Falklands to anyone, the wishes of the Islanders themselves are paramount. Something many seem to overlook (particularly the Argentines). Walk around Port Stanley and you'd think you were in a Cornish village, and having met a few ex pat Falklanders over the years they most definately see themselves as British Citizens living on 'British Isles' which may be separated from the rest of the British Isles geographically are nonetheless permanently attached to Britain! Hong Kong was different, the colony was not British owned but Leased and the lease ran out; the population were not ethnically British (like the Falklanders), but Chinese who had been happy to live under British Rule (and would probably have preferred to stay so), but weren't given the option. The United Nations upholds the right to self determination of a population, and until such time as the people of the Falklands decide to become Argentine their will be no transfer of Sovreignty.
As for Scottish Independence, who says we'll let them have the oil anyway? The SNP know they'll never get a majority vote for Independence, that's why they slipped in their REAL goal, Devo-Max! It's all about maximising their political power whilst offloading the responsibilities (Defence, the budget deficit, froeign affairs) to the sassenachs doon Seouth!
It is not within the power of the UK Government to 'Hand Back' the Falklands to anyone, the wishes of the Islanders themselves are paramount. Something many seem to overlook (particularly the Argentines). Walk around Port Stanley and you'd think you were in a Cornish village, and having met a few ex pat Falklanders over the years they most definately see themselves as British Citizens living on 'British Isles' which may be separated from the rest of the British Isles geographically are nonetheless permanently attached to Britain! Hong Kong was different, the colony was not British owned but Leased and the lease ran out; the population were not ethnically British (like the Falklanders), but Chinese who had been happy to live under British Rule (and would probably have preferred to stay so), but weren't given the option. The United Nations upholds the right to self determination of a population, and until such time as the people of the Falklands decide to become Argentine their will be no transfer of Sovreignty.
As for Scottish Independence, who says we'll let them have the oil anyway? The SNP know they'll never get a majority vote for Independence, that's why they slipped in their REAL goal, Devo-Max! It's all about maximising their political power whilst offloading the responsibilities (Defence, the budget deficit, froeign affairs) to the sassenachs doon Seouth!
, Spanish when they were taken by the Royal Navy in the 18th century. However the colonists send there left again and new colonists, apparently from St. Malo in North Western France settled on them. Hence the Argentinian name Las Malvinas. The Royal Navy returned in 1832 and deported everyone to Buenos Ayres. That would now be called ethnic cleansing. New colonists from England were introduced to keep sheep, which must have been economically marginal, but the main port, Port Stanley, was a useful base to the RN, especially after it started to use steam power. Thirty years ago it was taken by Argentina but taken back by Great Britain. Only then did the economy start to profit from fishing permits in its Economic Zone and soon it will, probably, profit from the production of oil.
