The modern world is full of what you call "geographical oddities". Examples include - Guadaloupe & Martinique being French St Pierre & Miquelon being French Ceuta & Melilla being Spanish Kaliningrad and the Kurile Islands being Russian The Faeroes being Danish The Shetlands being Scottish Norfolk Island being Australian Granted, the UK has perhaps more than its fair share, including Montserrat, St. Helena, Gibraltar, the Channel Islands and the Falklands. However, all the remaining British overseas territories have one thing in common - the resident population wants to stay that way, which in the 21st century should be the most important factor. The Falklands were British before Argentina existed as an independent country, and they are a long way off-shore - you could make a better case historically and geographically that England should belong to France than the case for Argentinian ownership of the Falklands.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
The Falklands	24/03/15 12:44:00	Pete Mayes
Re:The Falklands	24/03/15 13:13:00	Richard Greenhough
Re:Re:The Falklands	24/03/15 13:15:00	Michael Brown
Re:Re:Re:The Falklands	24/03/15 14:37:00	Richard Greenhough
Re:Re:The Falklands	24/03/15 13:44:00	Adam Beamish
Re:Re:Re:The Falklands	24/03/15 13:54:00	Huw Burford-Taylor
Re:Re:Re:Re:The Falklands	24/03/15 14:09:00	Adam Beamish
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Falklands	24/03/15 14:16:00	Huw Burford-Taylor
Re:Geographical Oddities	24/03/15 14:35:00	Richard Greenhough
Re:The Falklands	24/03/15 13:50:00	Huw Burford-Taylor
Re:The Falklands	24/03/15 14:08:00	Ken Munn
Re:Re:The Falklands	24/03/15 14:37:00	Andy Pease
Re:Re:Re:The Falklands	24/03/15 14:49:00	Richard Greenhough
Re:Re:The Falklands	24/03/15 14:47:00	Richard Greenhough
Re:Re:Re:The Falklands	24/03/15 15:23:00	Phil Kay
Re:Re:Re:Re:The Falklands	24/03/15 16:38:00	bobby osborne
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Falklands	24/03/15 19:57:00	Carl Wynne

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