Baroness Thatcher dies overnight

[Robert Taylor]

Absolute rubbish.
The islands were unihabited when discovered by europeans, and are 500 kms from the mainland.
On that basis, Denmark has a right to invade Iceland.
As the locals wish the status quo to remain by a majority approaching 99%, what about the International Convention on Human Rights?

If it really was contrary to international law, why did the Argies have to resort to war to reclaim the islands?
Also, why do you not mention that one side in the war actually fitted the accepted definition of a Fascist Regime?
Do you support the Argie Juanta in their attempt to get their way by military force?
Where is your outrage for "the disappeared"?

Plus also the Argies currently deliberately harvesting immature squid off the coast of Argentina before they migrate to their traditional fishing grounds off the Falklands, coinciding with their maturity. Not so squeaky clean or ethical

[MSTRS:Me]

No, not a Republic, the union flag should remain part of our heritage.

Nup. Get rid of all such symbols and consign it to history. Make a clean break and a new start. Look what embracing 'our' history has got us...

So what would say if we were invaded and asked England for help and they didn't come?

And you think they would? Get real. 18,000kms away and too far in bed with the EC.

[Swoop]

The simple fact is the Maldivas have never, at any point...

Good greif! I never appreciated that Argentina owns the Maldives. Really I cannot blame them for coveting these lovely islands, but being in the Indian Ocean and not the Atlantic, wouldn't this be a bit of a logistical problem?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives

[Banditbandit]

Nup. Get rid of all such symbols and consign it to history. Make a clean break and a new start. Look what embracing 'our' history has got us...

I agfree ... But we never "embraced" our history - we forgot it .. How many New Zealanders realize that they are here because the British Isles made their ancestors refugees of some sort (mainly economic, but some religious, some political and some criminal) ... and they want to keep the link ??? Well Doh !!!

[ellipsis]

Plus also the Argies currently deliberately harvesting immature squid off the coast of Argentina before they migrate to their traditional fishing grounds off the Falklands, coinciding with their maturity. Not so squeaky clean or ethical

...the naivety of your statements make me think you are not half as clever as you think you are...Galtieri
needed a war or somesuch political upheaval to save his arse and she was in a similar situation, so she obliged...typical of power hungry despots throughout history...your views are your personal political dogma that you adhere to...some of us treat her with the contempt she deserves...the lives that both the tin pot general and the twisted iron lady spent on their political aspirations put them both on the same level as Idi Amin or any other third world dictator...just cunts...

[Scuba_Steve]

No, not a Republic, the union flag should remain part of our heritage.

Nup. Get rid of all such symbols and consign it to history. Make a clean break and a new start. Look what embracing 'our' history has got us...

^ yep pretty much that. The union needs to go; NZ needs a new flag that represents NZ, not England, not Australia, NZ & only NZ!

[oneofsix]

A flag with a red field and gold stars to represent the southern cross and depict our links to China

[MisterD]

...typical of power hungry despots throughout history...

Oh bullshit, it may have worked out well for Maggie politically, but she took a huge risk in sending the task force to turf the Argies out. It was quite simply not in her character to do the appeasement thing, her actions over the Falklands were perfectly consistent with how she dealt with the Soviets and with the IRA.

your views are your personal political dogma that you adhere to...

Pot...kettle...

British rule of the Falklands dates from before Argentina was even a country, and the Argies really should be a bit more thankful because it was the Royal Navy that actually provided the muscle to back up the "Monroe Doctrine" and ensure that Spain didn't re-assert colonial rule over them after the distractions of the Napoleonic Wars.

[blackdog]

What! Meryl Streep is dead?

[gammaguy]

Maggie is the mother of modern Britain. If not for her that country would still be living in some trade union-led ice age, isolated from Europe and the rest of the civilised world -- a sort of North Korea across the water from France.

And things are hunky dory there now are they?

[Robert Taylor]

And things are hunky dory there now are they?

They would be a hell of lot better off in the last ten years or so ( prior to the current Govt ) they didnt have Gordon Brown to squander all their capital plus importation of large numbers of lower grade immigrants to bolster the left wing vote. A lot of real gains were undone.

Anyway Im stoically pro union flag, monarchy and of a tory disposition, and Im sticking to it.

[merv]

Maggie or no Maggie I think the UK is a nice place to visit.

[Banditbandit]

A flag with a red field and gold stars to represent the southern cross and depict our links to China

Umm .. errr ... I lik the Red Flag idea ... (The People's Flag is deepest red) .. but links to China ??? Naaa .. that would be worse than our old links to Amerika !!!

[mashman]

[Oscar]

The sooner the Scots get their independence the better.