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Piss Off Argentina

Tom Winnifrith
Wednesday 20 June 2012

The incredibly ugly woman who is President of Argentina (Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, if you care) has attempted to confront Call Me Dave over what she calls the Malvinas. History is written by the winners so I shall stick with the Falkland Isles. To give him credit CMD told the old trout to piss off and that is exactly what Britain should do if the Argies try anything on once again.

This is a pretty simple issue. Since WW1 the over-riding principle when it comes to which country owns which useless piece of rock has been that of self determination. It is irrelevant whether that rock sits on oil, fish or nothing it is what the folks on that rock want that matters.

The Falkland Islanders may be a bunch of in-bred sheep molesters. But I disagree with one of my idols (John Stuart Mill) in thinking that intelligence counts in democracy. The vote of an MBA student should count for the same as that of a 4th generation welfare scrounger living next door to James Faulkener in Sheffield. And thus, although the entire Falklands Islands population would probably not (collectively) strengthen your pub quiz team greatly, it is their voice that counts.

For whatever reason the Falklanders clearly want to remain British. As such CMD is right to say Piss off Argentina.

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Tom Winnifrith is the editor of TomWinnifrith.com. When he is not harvesting olives in Greece, he is (planning to) raise goats in Wales.
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