| Chagos Islands 22:42 - Oct 3 with 5853 views | Kilkennyjack |
Great news.
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| Chagos Islands on 13:56 - Oct 11 with 1286 views | onehunglow |
Falklanders want to remain British
Ukraine wantbto remain Ukrainians .
Simple really | |
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| Chagos Islands on 11:25 - Oct 12 with 1198 views | felixstowe_jack |
Is that why British troops were stationed on the Falklands before the conflict?
Fact Argentina is an ex colony of Spain and is largely inhabited by people of Spanish decent. The indigenous population of Argentina were virtually wiped out.
Fact the Falklands had no indigenous population the were uninhabited. The Falklands were never a Spanish colony.
On that basis, the UN decided, that neither Spain or Argentina had any territorial rights to the Falkland Islands.
Unlike Ukraine which the UN considers an independent country which is illegally being invaded by Russia. | |
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| Chagos Islands on 13:19 - Oct 12 with 1177 views | controversial_jack |
Thatcher passed the act a year before the conflict. Fact!
I never stated the Falklands was Spanish or belonged to Argentina.
The Ukraine has not been invaded. There is a conflict in the Donbass and the reasons are many, much of which is above your understanding | | | |
| Chagos Islands on 17:01 - Oct 12 with 1161 views | DJack |
And above your understanding is that Russia exported hardliners and GRU staff to the Donbass to create the conflict in the first place. The problems in the Donbass are of Russia's making for their geopolitical gain and their Oligarch's financial gain. | |
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| Chagos Islands on 09:37 - Oct 13 with 1118 views | controversial_jack |
No that was the US who replaced the legit pro Russian govt with an anti Russian puppet. Victoria Nuland has gone on record saying as such | | | |
| Chagos Islands on 16:50 - Jan 8 with 854 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
What on earth are we getting out of this wonderful deal? | |
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| Chagos Islands on 19:13 - Jan 8 with 803 views | Flashberryjack |
Utter madness. | |
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| Chagos Islands on 19:19 - Jan 8 with 795 views | Gwyn737 |
99 years use of the airbase there.
I’ve no idea if that’s good value or not. | | | |
| Chagos Islands on 19:32 - Jan 8 with 782 views | Kilkennyjack |
Another saving when Wales goes Indy …. | |
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| Chagos Islands on 23:36 - Jan 8 with 725 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
But we’ve got that already and don’t have to pay £99 million a year. Why would we choose to give the islands away and then pay for the privilege? | |
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| Chagos Islands on 00:00 - Jan 9 with 711 views | majorraglan |
Maybe it’s because we’re breaking international law and they want to ensure we comply with what’s expected of us.
I’m not sure how far down the road this agreement was when Labour came to power, but the Conservatives under PM Truss’s stewardship started the talks. Foreign Secretary Cleverly gave a written statement confirming this and stating a desire to complete the deal in early 2023.
Cleverly then condemned Starmer for handing over the Chagos Islands despite the fact he got the ball rolling. It’s mental, more front than Aberavon beach. | | | |
| Chagos Islands on 00:30 - Jan 9 with 694 views | Robbie |
Trump wants to take over Greenland now . a Country Governed by Denmark and also a NATO member . The Don has no interest in that link , Uncle Sam will take it soon .
He also wants The Panama Canal to come under USA control , Panama own the rights to that route and use it efficientlly for all shipping under their direction in them waters .
He has annoyed Canada by saying they should be part of the USA too .
Mexico will be a real hot potato for him to challenge , he probably will have a go .
Our soon to be our numbers inflated WAG Politicians sitting comfortably in Cardiff Bay is a joke , just who wanted another tier of nonsense .
Trump makes the Senedd look like a small Sunday School outing . [Post edited 9 Jan 0:33]
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| Chagos Islands on 05:31 - Jan 9 with 665 views | Kilkennyjack |
Two entirely unrelated matters.
Grandad Crazy Pants has already rowed back on deporting illegals, reducing grocery costs, and ending the Ukraine War in 24 hours before he takes office. Yes he was talking guff.
There is zero chance the US will invade Greenland or Canada.
An economic war is the most likely using tariffs. Both sides will lose.
Troops in Panama is something he might do.
These are both global politics on brand for Trumper.
Its a distraction.
Our Senedd plays no role in any of the above, you may as well reference Town Tyres or Lidl’s in Morriston ….? | |
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| Chagos Islands on 10:24 - Jan 9 with 600 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
International law isn’t worth the paper it’s written on. What right do some faceless, nameless activists in some think tank belonging to the UN have to decide on such matters such as sovereignty over some uninhabited islands that have been British since the fall of Napoleon? And why the hell should we comply?
At a time where the country is supposedly strapped for cash and the burden is being heaped on the taxpayer to a level barely seen since the time of King John we shouldn’t be choosing to spunk away another £100 million a year for something we currently get for nothing. | |
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| Chagos Islands on 14:00 - Jan 9 with 563 views | Flashberryjack |
Absolutely spot on mate. | |
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| Chagos Islands on 14:08 - Jan 9 with 557 views | AnotherJohn |
There is a tendency to talk about international law as if it is a coherent corpus of rules coming from an authoritative source about which all countries agree, Of course, that is not the case. It is a mish-mash of treaty obligations, rulings by various courts, and case law. Not all countries have signed up to particular treaties or recognise particular courts. The one that ruled in this case has no power to impose sanctions or enforce its judgements, which are advisory. Many will think the ruling that the islands belong to far away Mauritius is itself irrational, and takes no account of how Mauritius has treated exiled Chagossians or of the wishes of those Chagossians. | | | |
| Chagos Islands on 19:01 - Jan 12 with 371 views | Kilkennyjack |
Sensible people see International Law as an alternative to armed conflict.
British lawyers have been prominant in creating it.
Its generally a good thing, wars are very bad things. | |
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| Chagos Islands on 20:32 - Jan 12 with 337 views | AnotherJohn |
But you still haven't got a clue what it is! There is a tendency to see the "international rule-based order" as something that guarantees peace and harmonious relations between nation states. The problem is that a large chunk of the world - Russia and its satellites, China, Iran, North Korea - don't recognise all the rules the various courts apply. India is very selective regarding the rules it recognises. Even the USA does not recognise the authority of the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute). Nor do Israel, China, India, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, or Qatar. We are seeing that "international law" does not stop certain states from waging war. Moreover the UN does nothing effective to enforce any agreed laws. Where would you suggest we look to see the laws that all countries recognise? | | | |
| Chagos Islands on 19:54 - Jan 14 with 224 views | AnotherJohn |
There are strong rumours that the Government will sign off a deal with Mauritius tomorrow, in its haste to get its way before Trump's inauguration. That seems unforgivably wrong-headed and gets the UK's relationship with the incoming US administration off to the worse possible start. The accumulation of bad decisions is going to cost this country a great deal of money over many years.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/mauritius-will-sign-off-chagos-islands-dea | | | |
| Chagos Islands on 20:43 - Jan 14 with 206 views | Flashberryjack |
Little wonder the world is laughing at us. | |
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| Chagos Islands on 23:16 - Jan 14 with 149 views | Kilkennyjack |
No defo laughing at Trumper.
What a dork …. | |
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| Chagos Islands on 08:10 - Jan 15 with 94 views | Dr_Winston |
The problem is that the ICJ opinion on this whole thing was advisory anyway (genuinely advisory and not pretend advisory like the Remaniac bores pretend the referendum was) and has absolutely no legal weight whatsoever. Any UK Govt worth its salt would have just ignored it, but unfortunately we haven't had one of those since the 90's.
That we find ourselves in a situation where a Government that seems to actively despise the country it's ostensibly leading can not only give away something that we already own, but pay through the nose to keep using it anyway whilst at the same time pleading poverty in other areas is borderline satirical. Ealing Studios couldn't have come up with a more bonkers plotline. | |
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