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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 20:50:49 GMT
Corbyn opposes military action to recapture the Falklands, May still wins a landslide in 1983, SDP/Liberal Alliance second place on popular vote?
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Post by carlton43 on Mar 16, 2019 21:01:11 GMT
May goes into negotiation overdrive. She flies over and so do her ministers over a number of weeks during which the Argies pack South Georgia and the Falklands with lots of young recruits.
May offers huge cash inducements for Argies removal followed by UN arbitration. Then offers shared sovereignty and dual flagging. Then seeks compensation for re-settlement of the islanders and a negotiated settlement of other matters.
Meanwhile Corbyn is genuinely distressed as he would have fully supported virtually any Argy regime except the very right-wing Galtieri but still comes out for the UN being the sole decision takers and warns against any sort of bombastic militarism of a neo-colonialist nature by the UK. He holds rallies praising the simple honest Argentinian people and warning against incipient militaristic Tory colonialism and the shocking waste of resources a military stance would make.
The UN makes South Georgia an international reserve administered for the UN by Mexico and Canada under UN flag. The Malvinas are ceded to Argentina with reparations to Argentina voted against the UK which May accepts together with a speech of apology for past colonial misdemeanours.
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Post by john07 on Mar 16, 2019 21:44:29 GMT
May calls a snap General Election and loses the Conservative majority.
She tries to do a 'deal' with the Argentinians and loses the vote by 250. She calls a second vote and loses by 150. She calls a third vote and ....
That's enough votes (Ed).
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Post by The Bishop on Mar 17, 2019 11:27:19 GMT
Given that neither were even MPs in 1982, this is one of the more far-fetched "counterfactuals" on here  |
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Post by finsobruce on Mar 17, 2019 11:53:52 GMT
Given that neither were even MPs in 1982, this is one of the more far-fetched "counterfactuals" on here Maybe we should speculate on how each of them would have dealt with the Crimean War ? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2019 12:00:35 GMT
Given that neither were even MPs in 1982, this is one of the more far-fetched "counterfactuals" on here Maybe we should speculate on how each of them would have dealt with the Crimean War ? I think we can be confident Gavin Williamson would have demanded that, from our beachheads in the Crimea, we march on St Petersburg via Moscow. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2019 16:59:56 GMT
May and Corbyn - 1914.
May gets a deal with the Kaiser and assures the public it's the best deal on offer, including the Alsace-Lorraine backstop.
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Post by carlton43 on Mar 17, 2019 21:38:40 GMT
Diane Abbott goes on a special mission to the Malverns by mistake but come back with a large purchase of water.
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Post by peterl on Mar 18, 2019 13:18:15 GMT
May holds secret talks with Argentina, shutting everyone including her own Cabinet out of the process. She comes back with a deal that the Cabinet don't much care for. Half of them resign, and her deal is subsequently rejected by the Commons. She tries again and its rejected again. She tries a third time and eventually faces a vote of no confidence which she looses. In the meantime, the Argentines have reinforces the Falklands making their recapture difficult. After many years however, a determined group of locals force a referendum and vote for Argentina to leave the Falklands. They in turn manage to convince people that they didn't really mean to vote for them to leave and hold a further referendum with the same result. The saga continues...
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