If there’s a hill the UK is prepared to die on this is it, 99.9 percent of Falkland Islanders voted to remain part of the UK in a UN observed open election subsequent to the UK retaining control of the islands. Argentina has never maintained any form of civilian population there in nearly 150 years, they want the oil and fishing rights.
Edit in 2013 another vote was held, 99.8 percent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_referendum?wprov=sfla1
First 99.9% then 99.8%? So, the support for a Falkexit is rising! Only give it a few hundred years and those Falklandiands are ready to join Argentina!
Support for Falkexit doubled, a clear sign for the Islanders wish for independence. /s
Now 3 people support it, instead of 2! (No, literally)
An incredible 50% increase!
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5 billion barrels of oil and access to Antarctican minerals says try it and find out. UK has a spiffy new aircraft carrier the Tories would love to send to divert attention from their abject failure to govern
Maggie 2.0, they would love it, the situation is eerily similar, disgraced failing Tory government waving the flag of empire.
Both cut spending to military spending to the point there was questions about the ability of the military to act.
And the asylum escapee that Argentina just elected might actually pick this fight because he doesn’t know how to govern.
Picking a fight isn’t the same as winning a fight.
So if Argentina gains votes at the current rate, 0.1 percent per thirty years they will hold a majority in 6000 years.
