I know who the lecturer is, and I think he is right when it comes to the on-off negotiations before the war. But the Argentinian loss in the war killed off any chance of them getting sovereignty during my lifetime.

The services did a fantastic job.

If you come to a fork in the road, take it.

I'm sorry...I have to say something on this thread.

I was there.......

WTF do any of you know what went on, what happened? Its all very well pontificating about this that & the other, BUT, as far as im concerned it was a Argie Pilot flying a FRENCH plane loaded with a FRENCH Exorcet Missile that SUNK my ship!

I lost a lot of mates then, I saw a very good one have his HEAD blown clean off his shoulders due to the attacks. I still carry my physical injuries 34 years later......!

Nuff said

This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

A sobering post..

My thoughts are with you and your family..

"You can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be lead"

Stan Laurel

Idiot.

However this is of more interest and a comment on what the Tories have done to the Navy.

Falklands Islands left with no Royal Navy warship protection for first time since 1982 conflict

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"Everything is air-droppable at least once."

"When the going gets tough, the tough call for close air support."

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"Cuts after the 2010 defence review shed 6,000 sailors from the Royal Navy. Naval chiefs have used the Government’s current defence review to ask the Ministry of Defence for another 2,500 sailors, which they estimate will cost around £125 million a year extra.

But Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary, has told them he wants to limit the increase to around 600 and demanded that in return the Navy get rid of around 300 officers.
The Navy is also having to recruit sailors from foreign navies, including America, Canada and Australia to fill gaps in critical specialist engineering jobs. It expects to hire as many as 1,000 foreigners in the next decade."

It is because the people of the Falklands are British, they didn't want to live under the auspices of a brutal military junta and Britain had to act to rectify the act of barbarism by the Argentine government.

It's funny that when self determinationi is applied to British people, the left think it as unimportant.

Also, why should unproductive steel be subsidised? If it is unprofitable, largely because during the years of nationalisation there was zero investment in the plants and piss poor management, throwing more money at it is simply ridiculous. We should be looking at ways to make it profitable or start making something else, like graphene.

"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02