Falkland Islands Referendum Debate
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Jim Shannon
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Falkland Islands Referendum
Jim Shannon Excerpts(11 years, 9 months ago)
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Guy Opperman
I entirely endorse my hon. Friend’s point. This process will definitely be watched with great interest by the United Nations when self-determination, which is surely what a referendum is all about, is being considered.
Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP)
I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on bringing this matter before the House. The referendum was clear: the Falkland islanders want to stay British. Does he feel that that message should be sent out from this House this evening to the Argentines—that the Falklands are British today, they will be British in 20 years’ time and they will be British for ever, as long as the people there want them to be?
Guy Opperman
I entirely endorse that point.
It is also right to remember those who passed away during the conflict 31 years ago, when 255 British troops died, 650 Argentinean troops passed away and three female islanders were also killed.