4 Oct
9:54am, 4 Oct 2024
33,199 posts
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Johnny Blaze
I wouldn't rule that out, tbh. I mean, have you been there? |
4 Oct
9:54am, 4 Oct 2024
46,331 posts
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SPR
@larkim so it was indeed an odd reason to bring him up, lol.
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4 Oct
9:55am, 4 Oct 2024
33,200 posts
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Johnny Blaze
We should consider selling everywhere north of Bedford to Norway. No bad ideas in a brainstorm. |
4 Oct
10:11am, 4 Oct 2024
32,853 posts
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macca 53
How long should we keep Argentina out of the Falkland Islands/ Las Malvinas?
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4 Oct
10:21am, 4 Oct 2024
5,885 posts
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Cheeky’s Dad
Should that not be up to the people who live there? (Genuine question)
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4 Oct
10:23am, 4 Oct 2024
6,612 posts
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paulcook
It’s the obvious follow up question (or Gibraltar). Though the situation is very different.
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4 Oct
10:24am, 4 Oct 2024
1,915 posts
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Weean
that's the argument generally used, but should that question equally apply to West Bank settlers?
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4 Oct
10:26am, 4 Oct 2024
6,613 posts
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paulcook
The world is full of hypocrisy / inconsistency I guess!
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4 Oct
10:28am, 4 Oct 2024
46,332 posts
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SPR
The people displaced weren't involved in this deal or guaranteed the right to return which seems wrong. Chagossians criticise lack of say in UK deal to hand over islands bbc.co.uk Human Rights Watch called for the Chagossians to be consulted on the deal. Clive Baldwin, senior legal advisor at the organisation, said the deal did not "guarantee that the Chagossians could return to their homeland", and "appears to explicitly ban them from the largest island, Diego Garcia, for another century". He called for reparations for those who were displaced. Mr Baldwin called for meaningful consultations with the Chagossians. He said unless this happened, the UK, US and now Mauritius would be responsible for "a still ongoing colonial crime". |
4 Oct
10:28am, 4 Oct 2024
29,534 posts
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richmac
Perhaps but lets keep in mind that the current population are British settlers, it's not like it's an indigenous population. I have no idea if anyone was stupid enough to live there before the brits turned up and nicked it or if everyone is squabbling over a crappy lump of rock
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