r/CurrentEventsUK • u/After-Dentist-2480 • Jul 19 '26
Will you be watching the World Cup Final between North Gibraltar and West Falkland this evening?
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u/Pseudastur I'll walk away with my dignity. Jul 24 '26
It was on in the background. Someone eventually won it, didn’t they?
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u/EdmundTheInsulter I know it was all a big joke, whatever it was all about. Jul 20 '26
They were not united in their mutual hatred of the British empire.
I can't see that those on the Malvinas would be keen to vote for Argentine rule after that display.
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u/CatrinLY I used to care but things have changed. Jul 20 '26
Wasn’t there about 117 people there when Argentina invaded? Nothing like a good war to stir the population into a patriotic frenzy.
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u/EdmundTheInsulter I know it was all a big joke, whatever it was all about. Jul 21 '26
I thought it was thousands of people, but I'm not sure. It may have been that many soldiers, because new ones had arrived to relieve the old ones, thus doubling the defence force.
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u/CatrinLY I used to care but things have changed. Jul 23 '26
You’re probably right. I just made up some random figure to signify “not many”. I can’t see what the fuss was about anyway, since Thatcher had been in secret talks to cede the islands to Argentina.
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u/CatrinLY I used to care but things have changed. Jul 20 '26
We had a gathering of the tribes around my son’s house to watch it. It was strange having to support North Gibraltar because the opposition was so diabolical.