[pelagicAustral]

Bad precedent for the Falkland Islands... Chagos and then Gibraltar, would force the Falklands issue to be addressed more seriously, and that would be extremely unfair, since the argentine moot argument it's a mere chauvinist temper tantrum, fueled by generation after generation of propaganda conditioning by failed governments.

[ChocolateGod]

To be fair, the situation of the Falklands is very different to Gibraltar.

The Falklands were never Argentinian. The "native" inhabitants are the ones currently living there.

[ggm]

A reminder the british government explored handing the Falklands over to Argentina before the war. Fisheries and oil, have changed the view but in times last it was not inconceivable to transfer authority.

[arethuza]

I'm pretty sure that if the Argentinians hasn't invaded they would probably have the Falklands by now. As it is it I would think that it would be political suicide for any UK government to even contemplate any kind of deal.

[Tuna-Fish]

> Fisheries and oil, have changed the view

No. The reason was not economic, the reason was that the government polled the people living there and found that support for remaining British is ~100%.

Oil was found later, the fisheries were never worth maintaining the island for.

[Laurel1234]

> No. The reason was not economic, the reason was that the government polled the people living there and found that support for remaining British is ~100%.

The Russians in Donetsk and Luhansk also voted to be part of Russia and not Ukraine, crazy stuff.

[Tuna-Fish]

In a referendum where the votes were collected by armed men entering houses, giving you the ballot, and watching that you picked the correct choice.

The vote in the Falklands was a secret ballot.

[maccard]

Are you genuinely comparing the referendums in Gibraltar to the current situation in Ukraine?

[Laurel1234]

In both cases the settlers from an imperialist power vote their allegiance to said imperialist power.

[pelagicAustral]

Man, you truly are done drinking that kool-aid, you finished the whole jug by the look of it. I'd recommend you to come back to this thread every couple of years and re-read your slop, maybe you'll learn one or two things about yourself while at it.

[Laurel1234]

Love that since you realise your position is untenable, you just refuse to address it so it doesn't evince how untenable your other positions are.

Must give props to English honesty though, most people would be savvy enough to come up with some sophism to cover this reprehensible chain of thought. But it's so ingrained in your minds that you have some divine right to your unlawful colonial holdings you just won't even bother.

PD: get the fuck out of Ireland and allow their Scots their referendum.