It may not have escaped your attention that those Argentinian types are once more rattling sabres and demanding we had over the Falkland Islands, in the hope of distracting attention from problems at home. In response to these demands for “negotiation” over sovereignty the islanders had a vote which resoundingly said “no thanks we’ll stay British”, now in these enlightened times where indigenous self determination and democracy is all the rage you’d expect that to be the end of it, or at least for our staunchest allies to leap to our defense. Well said to say not a bit of it the Argentinians continue to impose an embargo on ships bound for the islands and are generally making life unpleasant for those on the Islanders, who are usually economically self sufficient. So what to do about it? Well one clever chap noticed that our wonderful government is already considering diverting some of our international aid money to the military, and thought well if they’re going to do that why not send some along to help out the Falkland Islands after all it would count as defending them against the economic hostility they’re enduring from Argentina. Having had this cunning idea he went off and set up a petition, which will likely get ignored by our great and good as usual, but it never hurts to try and if it gets enough numbers it’ll help show support for the Islands and keep attention on the situation. So what’s to lose? The petition as ever can be found here, it’s only just started so not many have signed yet, so do spread the word.
For those that are in any doubt about how nonsensical the Argentinian claims are, here’s a brief history (H/T Guido)
On a final unrelated note anyone know if Spain are still playing silly buggers over Gibraltar?
Supporting the Falkland Islands petition on Anonymong http://t.co/7aHuBncAew