> What matters is that the people who are closest to the > island, ie the people who live on the rock, ie British > people, want to remain British.
of course in politics it isn't quite as simple as that is it? The people of Hong Kong, might of voted to stay british - if they had been asked, but there was no way that any British govt was going to argue with the Chinese, since they knew that a) they could kick the shite out of us, b) the next 30 years of our prosperity in the West was dependant on cheap goods from China. I know there were differences (HK was "leased" whereas Falklands had been taken by force) but the primacy of the wishes of the inhabitants will always be subserviant to the politcal situation. ttfn Richard _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist oh alright then :-)
