[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]

Feel free to explain the difference.

All you can respond with is outrage because your position is not internally consistent. You can see its morally reprehensible when the Ruzzians do it but when it comes to your country oh no then it's fine because you just need your emotional support colonies.

Like no shit one of your countrymen above said you couldn't give back Gibraltar because it'd set a bad precedent for Malvinas.

[maccard]

> Feel free to explain the difference.

Well for one, neither of the referendums in Gibraltar were performed within 6 months of being invaded by the UK. I don't think any(?) government recognises the results of the votes in the donbas regions - except for the country running a 4 year special military operation in the region. Those referendums were held 12 years ago, and still haven't been recognised by anyone.

> All you can respond with is outrage because your position is not internally consistent

Anyone who thinks that the situation in Gibraltar in 2026 is equivalent to the situation in the Donbas in 2026 is either ignoring _literally every single reason as to why they are different_, or they're just trolling. And honestly, based on the rest of your reply I'm pretty sure you're in the latter camp.

[pelagicAustral]

The place is called Falkland Islands, get used to it, it will never change.

[unkeen]

They're called Îles Malouines in French and Islas Malvinas in Spanish, after all.