[alex5455]

I think we should have done this a long time ago, prove comprehensively to argentina the people wish to remain british and will do so.

really wish i had checked the title before i posted this, it is obviously meant to be hold

[Darth Stewie]

tbh they shouldn't have to "prove" anything to the Argentinians or anyone else for that matter when it comes to the issue of who they want in control of their home but if they want a referendum to show their desires then that's up to them, won't do a lick of good and the Argentinians will continue to try and bully them into submission but at least it might send out a strong message to other countries.

[doggyfizzel]

I don't see what difference it makes. The Argies claim the islands are theirs not the people.

[james22]

Hopefully this will make the Argentinians shut up obout the Falklands, if the people want to remain part of Britain then it is their choice to do say, Argentina has no right to the Falklands.

[pr0view]

I think this should help to clear things up for people in Europe and North America who wrongfully think that we somehow stole the island off Argentina before Argentina was even a country. So that is a definite benefit.

And it will be a safe referendum with around 99% voting to remain part of the UK, however the Argentinian press will probably have already started writing their sensationalist accusations of fraud and corruption, the irony, it burns.

[Kiss]

(Original post by Darth Stewie)
tbh they shouldn't have to "prove" anything to the Argentinians or anyone else for that matter when it comes to the issue of who they want in control of their home but if they want a referendum to show their desires then that's up to them, won't do a lick of good and the Argentinians will continue to try and bully them into submission but at least it might send out a strong message to other countries.

We shouldn't have to but if it'll shut them up then I'm for it.

[limetang]

Won't do a thing. The Falklanders will vote overwhelmingly in favour of remaining British, and the Argentines will still hold their absurd, non-logical claim to the islands.

[Iqbal007]

Even if they vote to stay a part of Britain..........the Argentine's will come up with something to say regardless of what the Falkland islanders say, they'll try to use propaganda oh the vote was tainted and blah blah blah .....................other than that, it will make loads of south American countries reconsider their position on the matter. I think they should even invite those Argentina's to look at the voting and the UN so they can't say there was anything wrong with the voting.

[limetang]

(Original post by Kiss)
We shouldn't have to but if it'll shut them up then I'm for it.

But it won't shut them up. They'll claim that the people who voted had/have no right to be there anyway and so their opinions about who rules the islands are nul and void.

[Snagprophet]

Nothing wrong with increased publicity in self-determination, to show the rest of South America that they have their heads up their arses.

[MacDaddi]

Hopefully this will be the final nail in the coffin for the Argie's calls for sovereignty.

[Cyanohydrin]

Won't change anything.

[ConnorB]

Argentina it's been 30 years

Get over it.

[FrogInABog]

The Argentines are well aware of the wishes of the islanders, so I'm not sure that this referendum is worth anything at all. Their claim is that the inhabitants are foreign invaders, and so should have no say in the sovereignty of the islands.

Always strikes me as funny, then, that their Spanish ancestors never bothered asking what the inhabitants of South America wanted before taking it over... Ah well, one rule for some, eh?!

[Jamie]

(Original post by doggyfizzel)
I don't see what difference it makes. The Argies claim the islands are theirs not the people.

Because the Argentinians are trying to force their claims through the UN who will take a dim view if the native population who have links to the islands going back over 150 years are given free vote and reject Argentina.

Its a very powerful not escalation, non-violent retort to their claims.
Especially as many in Argentina seem to think that the inhabitants want to be 'reunited' and are being held 'hostage' by the Brits.

[doggyfizzel]

(Original post by Jamie)
Because the Argentinians are trying to force their claims through the UN who will take a dim view if the native population who have links to the islands going back over 150 years are given free vote and reject Argentina.

Its a very powerful not escalation, non-violent retort to their claims.
Especially as many in Argentina seem to think that the inhabitants want to be 'reunited' and are being held 'hostage' by the Brits.

Perhaps in the sense of the UN it would be valuable, but there have been various polls over the years and every single one of them has shown they wish to remain British. I doubt anyone who has done their reading would think they are somehow being held hostage.

[Drewski]

(Original post by Jamie)
Because the Argentinians are trying to force their claims through the UN who will take a dim view if the native population who have links to the islands going back over 150 years are given free vote and reject Argentina.

Its a very powerful not escalation, non-violent retort to their claims.
Especially as many in Argentina seem to think that the inhabitants want to be 'reunited' and are being held 'hostage' by the Brits.

Those in Argentina who think that will continue to think that as, no doubt about it, the Argentinian Government will call the vote rigged and unfair.

It won't stop their claims one iota.

[Jamie]

(Original post by doggyfizzel)
Perhaps in the sense of the UN it would be valuable, but there have been various polls over the years and every single one of them has shown they wish to remain British. I doubt anyone who has done their reading would think they are somehow being held hostage.

They are a bunch of sheep being led by a corrupt media and govt.
They don't read what they aren't supposed to read.

Dissent is not taken kindly.

[Snagprophet]

(Original post by Jamie)
They are a bunch of sheep being led by a corrupt media and govt.
They don't read what they aren't supposed to read.

Dissent is not taken kindly.

So what is your proposed conspiracy to keep Falklanders behind some kind of iron curtain? What does the government benefit from this? And don't mention oil because that is unrelated to events that happened 10 years ago, let alone 25.

[A Mysterious Lord]

Easy way to settle it - give the Falklands independence but with a defence agreement like we did with Malta. We can claim moral high ground, the Falkland Islanders become the richest people on Earth per capita from oil revenue and if Argentina invades it's a breach of just about every international law, and consequently get bombed into oblivion.