The Argentine

Argentinian socialists or fascists or nazis or whatever you want to call them have marched on the British Embassy in Buenos Aries and burnt Union Jacks. They are particularly upset because David Cameron called them Colonialists which of course describes admirably their attitude to the Falkland Islands. The British claim to the Falkland Islands goes back decades before any Argentinian involvement in the Islands. The Argentinians first occupied the Falklands from November 1832 to January 1833 when they agreed to leave on the return of the British at that time. The British have occupied the Islands ever since apart from the two and a half months in 1982 following the ill-fated Argentinian invasion. The Argentinians can have the Falklands in the same way as the Spanish can have Gibraltar, that is if and when a majority of the Islanders vote in favour of ceasing their relationship with the UK. Mrs Kirchner is a loose cannon having made friends at one point with Chavez and having restricted the movements of the US Ambassador  when her party was accused of voting irregularities. She is someone you would not want to turn your back on and Cameron better have our forces ready to counterattack if she continues her anti UK campaign. Sadly with her friend Bummer Obama in the White House we will not be able to rely on the same level of help from that quarter again. It will be a miracle if we're able to rely on any US help at all. Not that it may change much but we have to hope that Bummer does not get re-elected in November.