Britain might lose the Falkland Islands

[Orby]

It's just not going to happen. After the traitors giving away our empire to primitive societies and Commies. There are some red lines for Brits and the Falklands is one of them.

[ReturnofBroccoli]

The handshake says it all.

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKCuUPXp6-E]

One could also say that the handshake was firm to signify a STRONG relationship for the viewers. That sounds even more likely in my opinion.

[andy06shake]

One could also say that the handshake was firm to signify a STRONG relationship for the viewers. That sounds even more likely in my opinion.

It's certainly what the visit is all about...

[ReturnofBroccoli]

I didnt even know there was a war in the falklands im going to have to look it up :) I love history

[turbo8]

Gibraltar is also a little island...

Insignificant as the Falkland Islands are.

They are British citizens.

And as far as i can establish

The vast majority wish to remain so...

I just wanted to say that Gibraltar isn't an island, it is a peninsula. You can walk from Spain into Gibraltar, you even get to cross an active runway while doing so.

[andy06shake]

I just wanted to say that Gibraltar isn't an island, it is a peninsula. You can walk from Spain into Gibraltar, you even get to cross an active runway while doing so.

I stand corrected.

A narrow peninsula.

But still a valuable big rock.

Thats highly important to the UK.

Down to its location next to the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. 

Similar to the Falklands, it's not something the UK would be willing to part with easily for historical and strategic reasons.    

[ReturnofBroccoli]

I stand corrected.

A narrow peninsula.

But still a valuable big rock.

Thats highly important to the UK.

Down to its location next to the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. 

Similar to the Falklands, it's not something the UK would be willing to part with easily for historical and strategic reasons.    

I could see why. I have a friend, Luca, he works on a cargo ship that exports out of Napoli in Italy and they are constantly sailing out of that entrance to deliver goods around the world. Very important site for world economy im sure.

[angelchemuel]

I seem to recall that name was another thing the BBC told us at the time.

Along with their location....

I was 7 when the Falklands conflict occurred.

To be honest its the first war i can remember.

I was at Uni when it broke out.
You could have knocked me over with a feather when our ex-head boy was on the news as the Argie's had tried to invade South Georgia (uninhabited) to gain a foothold to the Falklands. He was a Captain in the Royal Marines at the time and his cadre specialised in cold weather operations.
He contacted next in command to get permission to return fire, he was told not to.... he told them to stuff it as the security and saftery of his men were his priority..... so they did.
The rest is history.
I remember when he was head boy, we all knew he was joining the Royal Marines and I quipped at the time, if anyone starts WWIII it will be Keith going against orders! 
He's even in Wiki if you're interested: Captain Keith Mills DSO
And here he is being interviewed 

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Jane

[andy06shake]

I was at Uni when it broke out.
You could have knocked me over with a feather when our ex-head boy was on the news as the Argie's had tried to invade South Georgia (uninhabited) to gain a foothold to the Falklands. He was a Captain in the Royal Marines at the time and his cadre specialised in cold weather operations.
He contacted next in command to get permission to return fire, he was told not to.... he told them to stuff it as the security and saftery of his men were his priority..... so they did.
The rest is history.
I remember when he was head boy, we all knew he was joining the Royal Marines and I quipped at the time, if anyone starts WWIII it will be Keith going against orders! 
He's even in Wiki if you're interested: Captain Keith Mills DSO
And here he is being interviewed [Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNN_bcX6PtU&t=2293s]
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Jane

That is interesting, Jane.

And cheers for the link...

[bastion]

I was at Uni when it broke out.
You could have knocked me over with a feather when our ex-head boy was on the news as the Argie's had tried to invade South Georgia (uninhabited) to gain a foothold to the Falklands. He was a Captain in the Royal Marines at the time and his cadre specialised in cold weather operations.
He contacted next in command to get permission to return fire, he was told not to.... he told them to stuff it as the security and saftery of his men were his priority..... so they did.
The rest is history.
I remember when he was head boy, we all knew he was joining the Royal Marines and I quipped at the time, if anyone starts WWIII it will be Keith going against orders! 
He's even in Wiki if you're interested: Captain Keith Mills DSO
And here he is being interviewed [Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNN_bcX6PtU&t=2293s]
Rainbows
Jane

Impressive stuff, hadn't heard of that incident before. Great to see he was rightfully given medals for his decision - As far as I'm aware it was the first time someone had managed to land enemy boots on UK soil in the last 900 years (1066 and all that) but the war is only ever mentioned in significant 10, 25, 50 year anniversaries in mainland UK.

I remember being quite scared of the soldier who had suffered severe burns as a young kid but only really heard about the war when England played Argentia in the the world cup and wouildn't have been able to point to it on a map until the Michael Owen goal in France '98. It rarely gets a mention in mainland UK apart from Thatcher funeral/sinking of the Belgrano and paedo ex-Prince Andrew claiming he couldn't sweat due to PTSD from the war when lying about having never met Virginia Guiffrie.

Operation Black Buck is one of the most impressive air raids in history and RAF had less than a fortnight to learn mid-air refueling from scratch and conduct an 8000 mile round-trip bombing raid but that your school mates actions and conflict in general maybe get one or two mentions per decade at most.

https://youtu.be/o_Bf6ExeT-M