Ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies

[KeithD]

The islanders could have been given the option to move to the uk
Sending a large task force there was not a great idea and cost the lives of many
I respect those servicemen who fought in that war but i never agreed with that conflict
Really how can we claim those islands with them being so far away

So going by your line of argument if the Germans had invaded this country and taken over we all should have been shipped off to other British land... like The Falklands?

As for distance, I already explained that in an earlier post ... distance in land ownership is irrelevant, otherwise all the Brits who own land abroad should have it taken off them!

[joebloggs]

So going by your line of argument if the Germans had invaded this country and taken over we all should have been shipped off to other British land... like The Falklands?

As for distance, I already explained that in an earlier post ... distance in land ownership is irrelevant, otherwise all the Brits who own land abroad should have it taken off them!

According to one official: 'She did not for a moment think that Hong Kong was in any way comparable with the Falklands, despite the paranoia in the Foreign Office. There were many important differences, number one among them being, from her point of view, that if Britain had had to welcome every last islander and every last sheep from the Falkland Islands into Britain, then there would have been no political consequences for the person who had opened the door. If Britain had to accept even a fraction of the population of Hong Kong, it would be political suicide.'

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...a-1543375.html

as for ownership maybe you should tell the chinese about that, when they claim Twain and Scarborough Shoal