Admiral of the Fleet Sir Benjamin Bathurst, admired navy chief

Ben Bathurst’s appointment as first sea lord and chief of the naval staff in 1993 coincided with the post-Cold War peace dividend. In terms of military spending the dividend was of course negative, though Bathurst, a naval aviator who had enlisted...

Falklands, “knowledge gap” with the Loligo fishery, environmentally sensitive

Thursday, October 2nd 2025 - 08:20 UTC The second Loligo squid season in the Falkland Islands fishery has been brought to an early close, finishing around a week sooner than expected. The daily monitoring of the catch showed the biomass had...

Politics in sport, sport of politics

In early October 2015, Cricket Australia postponed its scheduled tour of Bangladesh citing security concerns. Around the same time, the country’s national football team was also due to visit Dhaka. Just like the cricketers, the Socceroos also...

First Islander Aircraft in the Falklands Remembered

October the 4th marks the date when the first Britten-Norman Islander aircraft arrived in the Falkland Islands, way back in 1979. The Islander, known as Victor Yankee, was the latest in a long line of plane models used by the Falkland Islands...

Falklands Islands Government pauses Gentoo penguin egging licences

The Environment Committee has voted to pause the distribution of Gentoo penguin egging licences for the coming year. In making the decision, the Committee cited bird flu outbreaks among Falklands colonies and a decline in breeding pair numbers as...

Falklands responds to Milei, we trust in self-determination and British support

Tuesday, September 30th 2025 - 11:38 UTC Spink: “The Falklands are used to demands from Argentine presidents, it's nothing new, nor surprising, nor does it cause panic” “In the Falkland Islands, we feel very secure and confident with the support...

Falkland Islands Government sets out plans for upcoming loan and interest repayments

Falkland Islands Government will make the first £4.5m interest repayment on loans taken out for capital projects on 23rd October. Ahead of that date, the Financial Secretary Pat Clunie held a public meeting, outlining the current financial...

137 Delegates Unite at International Anti-Colonial Resistance Colloquium in Caracas

An international Anti-Colonial Resistance colloquium in Caracas gathers 137 delegates to confront colonialism, neocolonialism, and territorial dispossession by Western imperialism in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa. Related:...

G77 + China reaffirms support for Argentina over Falklands sovereignty and natural resources

Saturday, October 4th 2025 - 10:59 UTC Beyond the Falklands issue, the G77 + China declaration also addressed global economic challenges The Group of 77 + China has reiterated its “strong support” for Argentina’s sovereignty claims over the...

Ambassador Mohamed Zrug inaugurates international seminar in Caracas with lecture on Western Sahara: “Colonialism, Unfinished Decolonization, and Resistance”

Caracas, October 3, 2025 – With the lecture entitled “The Case of Western Sahara: Colonialism, Unfinished Decolonization, and Resistance,” Ambassador Mohamed Zrug inaugurated on Thursday the International Seminar on Colonialism, Anticolonialisms,...

Why does Reform UK seem unassailable? Because this is party conference season, when politicos always lose the plot

Party conference time is when British politics goes berserk. Leaders soar and crash in a morass of cliches. Polls go mad and cataclysm always delivers the best copy. Thus, back in 1981, Margaret Thatcher was at her Blackpool conference, two years...

Guildhall glitters for Thatcher centenary

Britain marks Margaret Thatcher’s centenary with grand tributes, a star-studded Guildhall dinner, and reflections on the Iron Lady’s enduring legacy that continues to shape the nation’s politics Britain is celebrating what would have been the...

My mum Margaret Thatcher would have voted for Brexit, says son on what would have been PM’s 100th birthday

MAGGIE Thatcher would have certainly voted for Brexit, her son declared on her 100th birthday. Sir Mark Thatcher has scotched claims Britain’s first female PM would have been a Remainer. 4 Mark Thatcher interview on Harry Cole Saves the...

The Grocer’s Daughter Who Changed the World: Honoring Margaret Thatcher at 100.

Despite the rampant historical inaccuracies, I largely enjoyed Netflix’s The Crown, but one of the aspects of the show that bothered me the most was its portrayal of Margaret Thatcher. The writers treated her as awkward and bigoted, and Gillian...

Do international alliances truly matter? Lessons from history's most enduring pacts

Do alliances/treaties between countries matter? Have they been invoked when required? Do they hold good in times of need? These are the questions that have been raised in the context of the Saudi-Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement that...

Falklands, First Chilean Consul in the Islands was FIC General Manager in 1877

Saturday, September 27th 2025 - 08:56 UTC FIC General Manager Frederick E. Cobb, appointed first Chilean consul to the Falkland Islands in 1877 This week 148 years ago, Queen Victoria signed and approved the appointment of British citizen...

Margaret Thatcher’s 100th Birthday: Legacy of Britain’s Iron Lady

Britain’s Conservative Party leader, Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, in a jubilant mood after the Tories’ victory in by-elections in two former Labour strongholds—Wokingham and Walsall North. Thatcher poses near her Chelsea, London home, in November 1976....

Falklands, Argentina’s Milei two lanes approach

Saturday, September 27th 2025 - 07:58 UTC President Javier Milei before the General Assembly complains UN has not made advances in helping Argentina with its claims over the South Atlantic Islands Argentine cabinet chief Guillermo Francos received...

Labour’s new candid and confrontational mood could be the thing that saves this government | Andy Beckett

Crises can liberate governments. Collapses in popularity, huge dilemmas about public spending, foreign policy emergencies, poll surges by opponents and the prospect of losing office: all can persuade even previously cautious administrations to...

'An honest mistake' - Sedgley councillor denies being dishonest about his past after 'naive' medals error at Falklands event

Councillor Damian Corfield says claims he faked being a military veteran and gaining high-level qualifications are unfounded. The Conservative council cabinet member and Dudley armed forces champion has been the subject of repeated attacks on...