▲ 447 ▼ Falkland's sovereignty 'not up for discussion' Britain warns after new Argentinian president vows to 'get them back' (www.lbc.co.uk) submitted 2 years ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 328 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] anonono@lemmy.world -42 points 2 years ago* (5 children) [insert obama awarding obama meme here] I mean the UK won't return Gilbraltar to Spain who were in the EU with them they won't obviously return the falklands. I'd like to see the UK also defending the "vote of the people" if Ireland voted to leave the UK permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago* (1 child) return the falklands. To who, the French?! They're the only ones who settled there before the British (beating them by a whopping 1 year), and they left again two years after they showed up. (And I say "settled there," by the way, because if we went by who discovered it then the only people the British could return it to would be themselves.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world -12 points 2 years ago To who, the French?! They claim ownership via Spain's ownership, when Argentina won their independence from Spain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_dispute permalink fedilink source parent [–] PugJesus@kbin.social 30 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean the UK won’t return Gilbraltar to Spain who were in the EU with them they won’t obviously return the falklands. "Return the Falklands" ... do you know the history of the Falklands? At all? I’d like to see the UK also defending the “vote of the people” if Ireland voted to leave the UK Ireland literally did, almost a hundred years ago. North Ireland voted to stay. There was a legally binding Scottish referendum on independence a few years back that the UK pledged to abide by. Are you shitting me? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] anonono@lemmy.world -36 points 2 years ago (2 children) You talk like it's a done deal and recent talks about a referendum to revisit never existed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago I... what? No, I talk about it like it was literally a "vote of the people" which the UK pledged to abide by, which is what is being discussed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago He literally did not do that permalink fedilink source parent [–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago Scotland had a vote, a legitimate one. Ireland, as in the Republic, isn't part of the UK. How can the Falklands be returned? Stop talking about this as if you know anything. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 520@kbin.social 23 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I’d like to see the UK also defending the “vote of the people” if Ireland voted to leave the UK They literally did. Ireland became its own country 100 years ago. NI wanted to stay with the UK permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ravenford@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago Well the all island vote wasn't the source of change, a war unfortunately had to follow. And point of clarification - Ireland didn't "leave the UK" - the British were forced to withdraw from 26 of the 32 counties of Ireland. "NI" was carved out of the island by Britain holding on to as much industrialised land as they could, with as big a majority of British settlers vs native Irish. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PugJesus@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) ... what? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] anonono@lemmy.world -27 points 2 years ago do you want a cookie? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago* (1 child) return the falklands. To who, the French?! They're the only ones who settled there before the British (beating them by a whopping 1 year), and they left again two years after they showed up. (And I say "settled there," by the way, because if we went by who discovered it then the only people the British could return it to would be themselves.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world -12 points 2 years ago To who, the French?! They claim ownership via Spain's ownership, when Argentina won their independence from Spain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_dispute permalink fedilink source parent
[+] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world -12 points 2 years ago To who, the French?! They claim ownership via Spain's ownership, when Argentina won their independence from Spain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_dispute permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 30 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean the UK won’t return Gilbraltar to Spain who were in the EU with them they won’t obviously return the falklands. "Return the Falklands" ... do you know the history of the Falklands? At all? I’d like to see the UK also defending the “vote of the people” if Ireland voted to leave the UK Ireland literally did, almost a hundred years ago. North Ireland voted to stay. There was a legally binding Scottish referendum on independence a few years back that the UK pledged to abide by. Are you shitting me? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] anonono@lemmy.world -36 points 2 years ago (2 children) You talk like it's a done deal and recent talks about a referendum to revisit never existed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago I... what? No, I talk about it like it was literally a "vote of the people" which the UK pledged to abide by, which is what is being discussed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago He literally did not do that permalink fedilink source parent
[+] anonono@lemmy.world -36 points 2 years ago (2 children) You talk like it's a done deal and recent talks about a referendum to revisit never existed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago I... what? No, I talk about it like it was literally a "vote of the people" which the UK pledged to abide by, which is what is being discussed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago He literally did not do that permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago I... what? No, I talk about it like it was literally a "vote of the people" which the UK pledged to abide by, which is what is being discussed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago He literally did not do that permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago Scotland had a vote, a legitimate one. Ireland, as in the Republic, isn't part of the UK. How can the Falklands be returned? Stop talking about this as if you know anything. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 520@kbin.social 23 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I’d like to see the UK also defending the “vote of the people” if Ireland voted to leave the UK They literally did. Ireland became its own country 100 years ago. NI wanted to stay with the UK permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ravenford@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago Well the all island vote wasn't the source of change, a war unfortunately had to follow. And point of clarification - Ireland didn't "leave the UK" - the British were forced to withdraw from 26 of the 32 counties of Ireland. "NI" was carved out of the island by Britain holding on to as much industrialised land as they could, with as big a majority of British settlers vs native Irish. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ravenford@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago Well the all island vote wasn't the source of change, a war unfortunately had to follow. And point of clarification - Ireland didn't "leave the UK" - the British were forced to withdraw from 26 of the 32 counties of Ireland. "NI" was carved out of the island by Britain holding on to as much industrialised land as they could, with as big a majority of British settlers vs native Irish. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) ... what? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] anonono@lemmy.world -27 points 2 years ago do you want a cookie? permalink fedilink source parent
[+] anonono@lemmy.world -27 points 2 years ago do you want a cookie? permalink fedilink source parent