Falklands vote to stay British

[Harleyman]

Vast deposits of oil have recently been discovered in that area. The Falklands have become a very desirable piece of real estate

[lens a tener]

Vast deposits of oil have recently been discovered in that area. The Falklands have become a very desirable piece of real estate

 

what difference will that make to us NOTHING :o:o

[callippo]

no oil has been discovered there at all. In fact the Falkland Oil and Gas share price halved recently following disapointing drilling results. Just because somebody says there might be lots of oil somewhere doesn't mean that there is.

[Halibut]

I'd be very interested to find out about the views of the three that said no.

[rickiethecat]

It isn't much of a surprise they voted to stay British,i expect even though some of them have never set foot in Britain they feel more British then the British if you get the gist of my meaning.

 

But logically if you look at a map of the world, keeping the Falklands British makes about as much sense as giving the Isle Of Wight to Argentina!

[MrSmith]

no oil has been discovered there at all. In fact the Falkland Oil and Gas share price halved recently following disapointing drilling results. Just because somebody says there might be lots of oil somewhere doesn't mean that there is.

 

When did that happen?

 

Tuesday 12 March 2013

Falkland's oil discovery 'commercially viable', says explorer Borders & Southern as update boosts shares

 

 

Falklands to start producing oil by 2017

 

Rockhopper says £600m tie-up with Premier Oil means it is on track to start pumping oil from Sea Lion prospect in five years.

 

Falkland's Oil & Gas Summit 2013

 

---------- Post added 12-03-2013 at 17:00 ----------

 

But logically if you look at a map of the world, keeping the Falklands British makes about as much sense as giving the Isle Of Wight to Argentina!

 

It makes perfect sense to allow the people of the islands to choose and then respect that choice.

[callippo]

not if no people had ever settled on the Isle of Wight before a bunch of Argentinians had turned up and lived there for 200 years and also said in a vote that they wanted to stay in Argentina. Proximity alone doesn't count for much. Greenland is far closer to Canada than Denmark. That doesn't mean Canada has any claim on it.

[geared]

Cameron should make some off hand remark about the Spanish having a better claim to the islands, just to poke fun at the Argentinians

[janie48]

But logically if you look at a map of the world, keeping the Falklands British makes about as much sense as giving the Isle Of Wight to Argentina!

 

The search for oil there is still ongoing though isn't it.

A good enough reason to hold on to the Falklands perhaps?

[andygardener]

They voted to stay British. Good for them. Now all the UK government has to do is convince the Argentine government that voting on an issue is one of the basic principles of democracy

 

I don't think there's much chance of that happening. It would be nice if the US government would accept it though, rather than pandering to the Hispanics.