Good evening from southwestern Chubut, Argentina…

Firstly…, I want to congratulate you (and the writer) for this excellent article…

Secondly…, I really enjoyed to read the reaction of what I call the *”Falkland Islands Association’ s Troll Brigade”* on your comment section…
I have been posting on an English financed site about the Falkland/Malvinas Islands called “MercoPress” for years and I know them quite well…

Specially Mr. Roger Lorton aka Junius…, a poster that has, through the years, evolved from being a somewhat haughty, opinionated but sincere Englishman to an insufferable double-standarded ditto…

Good thing that you, northern hemisphere Taffies, were quich in identifying and blocking them Sassenach Trolls…

Servus
El Think, Patagonia, Argentina

I didn’t catch all of it because we were busy laughing at the shallow dross that was coming out of the entire panel so bits went missing !

However the show is generally a sad parody of its former self ( or am I getting old ? ) A panel with an Anglo Labour rep when Wales is awash with dozens including Oily Slimy, plus a sad comedian with no evident link to the area ( Rod Gilbert or Elis James from West Wales should have been booked, or they could have wheeled in a failed LibDem who would have been just as funny as Parsons). At least Leanne, Cairns and even Hamilton could justify being there.

Beddows claiming that Plaid in Carms county was wiping out English medium education was fuckin’ hysterical, but there again as evidenced by other progs such as “the kiss Alan Sugar’s arse” show and Evan Davis’ nightly interuptions of interviewees the BBC are now occupying the seriously dumbed down segment of broadcasting. And they still have the right to whack us for a licence fee.

As a Welshman in Canada you may be aware that mangos and pineapples in your local supermarket come with a Union Jack sticker. These are not grown in Carmarthenshire or Surrey, but on the Turks and Caicos Islands, in the Caribbean. These islands, like the Falklands are ‘British Overseas Territory’. As you may be aware, since the 1970s, there have been proposals to annex these islands to Canada. Most recently, the MP for Edmonton (Canada) is tasked with the negotiations of Canada ‘adopting’ the islands. The democratically elected premier of the territory, Rufus Washington Ewing is in favour of the constitutional adoption. Sounds like a good move, and may well set a precedent for what future arrangements for other ‘overseas territories’.

As a ‘British Overseas Territory’ the Falkland Islands is eligible for EU grants.

It has been awarded €5.9 million in Development Funding as part of a five year plan until 2020. This will come to an abrupt end by the end of 2017 assuming the UK government enact article 50 in January 2017. This award of funding amounts to over €2000 per capita. This amount also excludes the amount the Falklands gets directly in British Overseas Aid and of course the ‘income’ they receive from residual occupation by the Ministry of Defence. This is completely unsustainable.

I suspect by 2020, the governor of the territory will need to either come to an ongoing subsidy settlement with the UK government or, more sensibly, to develop a sustainable trading relationship with Argentina. This will include wool, lamb, fishing and of course, any extraction of oil and gas resources.

Who was that clown who said Plaid Cymru means Wales for the Welsh. If only! Obviously the type who’s used to shouting at Johnny Foreigner and now he’s come to Wales to put us in our place.

All LW had to say was, ‘Plaid Cymru translates as “the Party of Wales” – and all who live here’. But instead of stopping him in his tracks, and making him look the twat he obviously is, she had to waffle until interrupted by Dimbleby . . . and then shouty Michaela Beddows appeared out of the mist.

I didn’t watch QT of course, I never do, but someone sent me an e-mail with a pic of Beddows and a resume of what she had to say. So I just watched a bit of it on iPlayer.

penny didn’t drop for me initially who the grotbag was. Felt that Leanne dealt with her without the usual “I know your pain” bollocks, and was even better in swatting the dwarf Cairns ( intellectually stunted ! ) when he started linking Plaid to Meibion and other “men of violence” . Poor Cairns all he has to do is visit this site to realise the huge gulf that exists between Plaid and so called extremists ! Twat !

Long live Celtic FC say I . . . . .

As an ‘on the side dish’ did anyone see our little friend from the Llangennech protest on Question Time tonight? OMG! Not sure if I’ll sleep tonight! Why is the world so full of people like that?

How about verbal thuggery? Is that OK as long as you don’t punch anyone? Examples:

Farrage: “I think if Neil Hamilton ever became leader of UKIP it would be a total disaster”.

Hamilton: “Wolfe started it, but he got more than he bargained for”.

I suppose you think that’s acceptable amongst ‘decent’ politicians who happen to inhabit the same party? Or would you advocate that they shouldn’t be involved at all?

I think the petticoats are showing for all to see. I also think you need to examine more closely where your politicians have crept in from – as dafis suggests below.

Perhaps we’ve already seen on this blog of late, how your lot views the world. Not nice Mr. Soutter. I can’t erase the image in my mind of rats fighting in a sack.

In talking of Scotland and Northern Ireland we mustn’t forget Rangers and their fans on both sides of the water. A very powerful Brit Unionist influence.

Don’t get carried away and think I’ve changed my mind. It’s just that Big Gee posed a question to you and so it’s only fair . . .