A reminder the british government explored handing the Falklands over to Argentina before the war. Fisheries and oil, have changed the view but in times last it was not inconceivable to transfer authority.

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arethuza 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm pretty sure that if the Argentinians hasn't invaded they would probably have the Falklands by now. As it is it I would think that it would be political suicide for any UK government to even contemplate any kind of deal.

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Tuna-Fish 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Fisheries and oil, have changed the view

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%.

Oil was found later, the fisheries were never worth maintaining the island for.

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Laurel1234 2 hours ago | parent [-]

> 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.

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maccard 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Are you genuinely comparing the referendums in Gibraltar to the current situation in Ukraine?

	▲	Laurel1234 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		In both cases the settlers from an imperialist power vote their allegiance to said imperialist power.