omg i was scanning the comments and read your comment right as she said it! O_O

@@JBBrickman exactly same

Funnily enough we seem to be allowing the democratic rights of Gibraltar residents to be denied by the Empire 2.0 ambitions of Westminster.

Paul Taylor how so? The people of Gibraltar almost entirely want to remain British?

Would you willingly die for that cause?

I have my reservations. The Islanders do not say "countryside". They use the word "camp" from the Spanish word "campo" (countryside). Besides, UK supported the Junta before the war

@@zurdomasista Ur point? Just because Argentina and The Falklands were both ruled by Spain, that doesn't mean that Argentina have any claim to them, aside from that they're kind of close. It'd be like Australia saying they have the right to invade and reclaim New Zealand.

@@mylesblake2026 this is not just a geopolitical issue but cultural. Before the war Many islanders spoke fluent Spanish. But the Junta screwed the cultural assimilation. Now kelpers try to not speak Cervantes language which is absurd. Spanish language is part of their culture

@@zurdomasista Yh, because the Falklands used to be part of Spain lmfao. Just because some islanders happen to speak good Spanish, doesn't mean that Argentina have any territorial claim.

My good Sir, Argentinians don't live in the islands because this is strictly forbidden. In Southamerica borders are mostly open: This means that a Peruvian can move to Argentina without any problems but this does not seem to apply in the Islands where you need a special permission, proving once more that this is still a Colonial enclave. Hopefully one day the UK will learn (like it's happening to France with it's colonies in Africa) that Europeans have to leave Southamerica by itself. The colony days are over!

As a Briton, I have no ill will towards you or your country! It's hardly the fault of everyone in Argentina, I hope you have a nice life =-)

You have nothing to apologise for your fellow countrymen & women suffered too under a tyrant,that's not your fault or the fault of Argentine residents and sensible British people understand that and we don't blame you , I'm just glad that the conflict was a far shorter than it could have been. Please don't feel any guilt or responsibility for something you couldn't control.

Fernando Oliveira A very senseless war . Many young lives needlessly lost . Many weeping mothers . It could all have been avoided .

Mi mamá es de argentina y usa y mi papá es de España y Inglaterra las reuniones familiares son lo peor

It's nice to hear an Argentine speaking so fairly about it. If our nations' pasts defined who we are now then we'd all be in the wrong! There's no ill will. Much respect to you and your wonderful country!

Bruce Blake It's hard to synchronise a voice track from 1982 to videos of 1988-1993

Bruce Blake if listen closely, you'll notice the sign language is synced up nicely too

Actually I found that confusing. Better to just show video from parliament itself, or if unavailable, just show images. Hearing Thatcher’s voice overlaid with unrelated video is jarring.

@@kuribojim3916 In 1982, Parliament was never filmed in session. Sound recordings only began a year or 2 before the Falklands. Filming of the sessions began around the late 80's.

She is called the "Iron Lady" after all.

задолбали свои вонючие яйца прицеплять к сильным женщинам. как будто эти качества только у мужчин врожденные.

me to. we need another leader who is willing to grab those who oppose us by the balls and fucking wreck them.

+Samuel Harrison Please don't talk like that. I like your patriotism, but you weren't there. Trust me, it was much worse than what you've been told. Regards.

Repugnant Old Woman

Britishwoman

Are you alive still? if so, i will be more than happy to answer your question.

as an Argentine, totally with you on that

From Brazil.

Military dictatorship made the mistake of underestimating the Iron lady.

because thats what the labour party do

@@72Bigray Labour supported the war. Watch Michael Foot's speech.

also the Royal Navy.

That's a little bit disrespectful to the Scots Guards Welsh Guards the Royal Artillery not to mention the Royal Navy and the RAF Pilots who flew from the Royal Navy aircraft carriers, and every other servicemen of different regiments who served in that conflict

But some (Argentines) seem very willing to force that same fascism down the throats of the people of the islands as these want to remain with the UK and not be governed by the Argentines.

if you have a literal refurbished light cruiser as your most powerful naval asset, no ideology will prosper.

Yeah like the British would have wiped out the junta unless they made the mistake of invading the Falklands. If the Argentinians hadnt made that attack on the islands, nobody would have bothered them, not the Brits, not the Americans, not the UN.

About 30 years too late unfortunately. Maggie would run rings around the numpties that are in power now. She wasnt everybodys cup of tea. However she knew her shit and she cracked on with it. More balls and spine than anybody today. RIP IRON LADY X

Learn to spell.

Prussia The only joke is you mate. Who are you to judge the casualties count as acceptable or not. Do you have military experience? Judging by your profile picture that's a no. Honestly mate grow up and have some respect for the people who gave their lives for their country.

Labour Party is communist mafia, as it is in any part of the galaxy. Coletivism is a weakness of the individual citizen.

And wise leaders work to prevent crises, and we have neither. The country is finished, and it's largely thanks to socialism.

⁠@@SagaciousFrankwhat are you on? The last Socialist PM this country had was in 1951. The last true Socialist Labour Party leader was in 1983… I think you meant the country is finished thanks to capitalism in particular the Blair/Thatcher/Cameron cartel and all the current lot after Cameron.

Tell that to the people who straved to death under her policies. To families she tore apart due to homeless and hopelessness

Ok, we tell that to those who suffered extreme poverty due to her policies!

@trevor stacey Said the idiot. She was a disgusting leader and should have been jailed for crimes against her own people.

@@movingup2118 lmao closing down failing bussinies is just smart cry me a river

@@griswo3272 The steel works wernt failing neither was the ship building, idiot. It was just better business to have it moved somewhere they pay slave wages !. My family members worked in the steel works it can assure you there was plenty work.

stormycliffs That would not have done anything. Hong Kong would still have been given to the communists. However, if she was PM today, then at least she would have more balls than Cameron or Clegg to do something against china.

stormycliffs Thatcher did attempt to get another 50 years, but the chinese had none of it, the lease was up.If Thatcher had refused to leave, the chinese would've shut the water and power off, which was from the mainland.

Steve Mcgill 18tangles The lease you are referring to was the Second Convention of Peking, signed in 1898 giving the New Territories to Britain for 99 years. The main city of Hong Kong, meaning Hong Kong Island and Kowloon were ceded to Britain in 1842 and 1860 respectively, both in perpetuity. And so, China had no legal right to take over those territories. And in the 1980s, HK's water supply was almost independent from China, while southern China was in fact partly dependent on Hong Kong for power, so those threats were useless.

HK_Nation 1841 No they werent useless, China was more than capable of turning off the colony's water supply, but it didnt matter, the time was up in 1997, end of.

Steve Mcgill First of all in the 1980s, Hong Kong was not dependent on China for water, threatening to cut Hong Kong's water supply would have been useless since we were pretty much self-sufficient. Second of all, time was not up in 1997. Time was up for the Second Convention of Peking. Time was not up for the Treaty of Nanking and the First Convention of Peking. It wasn't China's goodwill that allowed Britain to negotiate the SAR status.

Are you from the Falklands?

@@itsme-sn5gi does it really matter if he's from the Falklands or not, the Falklands want to stay British, do you think they should be given to Argentina against the islander's wishes?

Robby334 Teresa May could learn a few things from this PM

Jason, me as well. Total loony but as you say, right in this issue. At the time I was 17 yrs old & very Labour, in hindsight, what a bunch of traitors.

PaddyB PaddyB Hope you’re still Labour 🙃

TrXl you must be off your head following today’s Labour.

Couldnt agree more!

Tout à fait d'accord

In some ways yes, in others no.

Attlee, MacMillan and Wilson were objectively better Prime Ministers. The first 3 years of Thatcher's rule were disastrous, most of her own party were aghast at her completely botched economic policy that saw 3 million unemployed and 17 per cent interest rates, far worse than anything than had been seen under the Callaghan government. Thatcher is lucky the Argentines invaded the Falklands, otherwise her political career would be over. After '87 Thatcher lost the plot, introducing the poll tax and generally acting like some weird hermit living in her Downing Street bunker, her own party were so embarrassed they got rid of her.

You’re wrong, very wrong. A lot of my family lost jobs and had no money because of that witch.

Tory muppet

1martoon1 yes

AYE!

The falklands ONLY rightful place is with the UK which can protect them better than any other nation in the world. The falklands ARE british.

God save the Queen! Keep Flaklands British! Keep the Empire safe and sound whatever the cost may be!

@@leomanolis8701 , absolute nonsense, we were a power to be reckoned with right up to the late 60's, early 1970's!; even in 1982 we were still pretty impressive!. How many countries do you know that could travel 13000 KM by sea, fight an enemy on their own doorstep, and win!?

ARGENTINA MATOOOON DE LA REGION SE CREEN ITALIANOS HABLAN ESPAÑOL Y MUERN POR SER INGLES

@@raquelalvarez296 God Save The Queen

best man in england

Argentina declared its Independence from Spain on 9 July 1816 Falkland Island Included- 1833 UK Invades the Island. By force of course Typical Imperial language

Jose D. Rojas Yet Argentina want to colonize the Falkland Islands against their will like imperialists...

@@josedro its was British owned since 1765 you fool.

@@josedro , in 1823 Buenos Aries instructed Luis Vernet to build an Argentinian settlement on the Falkland Islands!. The only problem is that the islands were British, and Buenos Aries had had no right to inform Vernet to build a settlement!. That's why in 1833 the Royal navy returned and asked the Argentine's to leave!. Would you like it if you went away for a while, and then returned to find that people had taken over your home?

@@josedrothe Falklands were not part of Argentina in 1816

AYE!

Agreed, hope you are well Mr John Cole! Especially after reading your “About” on your KZfaq profile!

That’s Labour for you. Criticise for criticise sake.

A tragic tale. In the 1900's they had one of the largest GDP's in the world and then it went to sh1t

It seems such a silly way to deal with an invasion?

hagamapama Silly? what is silly is the US response in 9/11 you carpet bombed caves wiped out whole areas claiming you knew Bin Laden was in them "somewhere" and that you hoped your carpet bombing would kill him. He was not there in fact he was in another country livingin a luxury compound watching your false claims and pointless bombing on TV laughing at you. Now that is what you call silly. Lets spend millions bombing caves to kill some one that is actually living in another country.....at least we won that war in 74 days how many billions and years and years it take for you to find Bin Laden? i rest ny case.

Chris Schmidt The opposition were basically laughing because at that point, the UK government could only respond to the invasion by sending a telegram. They were mocking Thatcher due to a telegram being a pointless deterrent. Although she did well afterwards. And to the idiot who's going on about 9/11.....this vid is about the Falklands. WTF has 9/11 or Bin Laden got to do with it. Shove off and moan somewhere else.

There is no "recapture." Argentina never properly owned the Falklands. No nation has a right to an island if another nation has a prior claim. A British sailor was the first to discover the Falkland Islands, that claim is paramount over other considerations, even if an Argentine squatter government did have to be evicted once before in 1831.

QUE ESTADISTA DEL XX EN UN PARLAMENTO DE MACHISTA ✌✌

+Thomas Cook In 1982 it was probably the only way to effect long-distance communication in real time.

SJ NM there were phones in 1982

@@Patrick3183 Yes there were, but the Falklands is 8000 miles away. Communication was difficult by telephone. There were no satellites bouncing signals around. It was all cable. The reason there were jeers when Thatcher said a telegram was sent was because after everything that happened and all the warnings, the best the government could do was send 1 telegram to the FI. They were mocking Thatcher and the government for their lack of readiness.

@@Patrick3183 Also, the Argies sabotaged the communication lines shortly before the invasion.

I think it’s because it’s an old way of communication, it’s from the 1890s and early 1900s

There isn't any. At that time TV cameras were not allowed in the House of Commons whilst it was sitting.

I Dafydd y devuélvalos las islas entonces papito como queres paz mientras ustedes no siguen invadiendo, no es así papito

Daniela Zoratti mate i have no clue what that means

Jim Callaghan sent down a task force to successfully prevent an Argentinian invasion in 1977 and he was a Labour prime minister.

@@wonjubhoy no that's the point he didn't

And to us, nothing happened, indeed. The Falklands War was not our war to carry about.

KEEP GIVING THEM HELL 'TIL WE GET TO BUENOS AIRES!

+rcx8666c And the slums, rabies, crime and HIV along with stray dogs are taking over your shit hole

THE ARGENTINES TOOK THE MALVINAS ISLANDS IN 1982 BECAUSE THERE WAS HARDLY ANYBODY LIVING THERE. THERE WERE ONLY 2000 PEOPLE AND 10000 SHEEP LIVING THERE THE MALVINAS IS STILL UNDERPOPULATED TO THIS DAY.

+rcx8666c It does not matter that just a few THOUSAND live there almost 3,000 people is hardly any body, they are thousands in numbers, but even if they had no one living there you can not defy International law, the rights of soverign countries and go about seizing what you want. You say thousands is not a lot we say it is....your lawless thugs whom were defeated.

+18tangles 'AY! You wanna fucking dance? The only reason we didn't fight 90% of the war for you (again! And probably just by showing up as that would have been enough to send them running.) is because the junta was keeping the commies out. The US had to play the long game. Who else was going to beat the soviets? You? How about a little gratitude for what help we did provide against our interests, Hm? How about that.

The Argentinians were gambling that we would prevent British naval power from ever reaching the Falklands -- Monroe Doctrine, remember? We're technically supposed to prevent European intervention in New World affairs. We ignored our alliance obligations and our treaties with the Argentinian government by NOT stopping Britain from ever getting as far as the Falklands. And don't even pretend we couldn't have stopped you had we decided to try. If Reagan decides that the game against Communism is more important than the sovereignty of the Falklands, they'd be the Malvinas today. Just saying.