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Tuna-Fish 2 hours ago

> 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.

Laurel1234 an hour 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.

maccard an hour ago | parent [-]

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

Laurel1234 16 minutes ago | parent [-]

In both cases the settlers from an imperialist power vote their allegiance to said imperialist power.