(not satire – it’s the UK gutter press!)
The right-wing press in the UK are once again pulling out every stop in their efforts to help the Conservative Party win the next election.
And now they’ve even resorted to raising the spectre of another Falklands war – in a bid to do what the first Falklands war did for Margaret Thatcher in 1982.
Here’s today’s Sunday Express:
Falklands on HIGH ALERT: Hundreds of British troops sent to Islands to boost security
Needless to say the Express ‘story‘ is exactly that – a fairy tale.
But as an example of how desperate the Tory press is becoming at the prospect of losing the election in May – it’s very interesting indeed.
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David Cameron is no Margaret Thatcher. There is no military dictatorship in Argentina and the build up of potential hostilities is due only for each country’s home consumption. The only similarity is that both govts are struggling to retain power. I think that the British people are now more aware of the Falklands today. Unless anything boils up this winter ameron and his rabid crew will have to shout comments from the opposition.
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Isn’t the Express group backing UKIP?
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Tory?…Labour?…Lib Dem? Does it matter who wins – as they are all duplicitous, lying scumbags and all have some hefty skeletons in their cupboards.
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yes hes no mrs thacther he looks much better in a dress ive seen him.
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The Express isn’t a Tory paper – it’s actually UKIP, as one of the commenters points out. Nevertheless, a build-up of military tension between Britain and Argentina is likely to be welcome to David Cameron. The Sun banged on for years about how Thatcher was somehow a new Boudicaa, and the media in general went on about the ‘Falklands Factor’ role in her electoral success. It’s true that on the wave of patriotism that came after Britain’s victory, a number of British voters were persuaded that Thatcher was the greatest prime minister since Winston Churchill, and anyone who said otherwise was not just insufficiently patriotic, but a traitor for the Soviets direct from Moscow. Just how ludicrous the super-patriotic acclamations of Maggie became can be seen in a story the Sun ran. Coming after various news stories about the British celebrity medium, Doris Stokes, the Sun published an article in which a medium claimed to have messages from the great and the good from beyond the grave, saying which political figures they liked. Boadicea voiced her approval of Maggie, and hailed the ‘warriors of Goose Green’. It was a prime example of how bonkers the Sun was, and a sad indication of the plunge in any kind of journalistic standards by Murdoch’s mighty organ.
For the Tories, or anyone on the Right, playing on the Falklands is a very dangerous game. The Argentinians invaded because Thatcher’s minister for defence, was cutting back. One of the cuts made was on the ships defending the Falklands. When they sailed away, General Gaultieri and his stormtroopers took their chance. And we only won the War because we had help from the Chileans and Americans, who were initially very reluctant to give it. Reagan actually phoned Maggie up to suggest that she might like to let the Argentinians have it.
And because the war was caused by Thatcher’s incompetence, it also left it’s legacy of bitterness. You can hear tells of Falklands vets up and down the country, who were left emotionally and mentally scarred by what they went through, as well as the physical injuries. Private Eye has in their office a satirical drawing of war memorial showing the names of the 200 British squaddies, who died in the war. Underneath them is the motto: They died to save her face.
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Public should be made aware, this month a large bronze statue of Margaret Thatcher is being erected on the Falkland Islands with a commemoration. Her son Mark and other dignities will be there. Question is whose paying, UK taxpayers?
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When its not banging on about the weather, or some new miracle cure or another, particularly on saturdays or mondays, then its stupid stories like this. The question is therefore, not whether it supports the tories or UKIP but is it written by journalists at all .My own theory is that their lead articles come from someone messing around in their bedroom.
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They may find this ploy doesn’t work! people are going to food banks in this country, whilst the Falkland Islanders are living a life they could easily live in Wales. The money we spend protecting that baron place would support two NHS. As for the bronze statue! that can be toppled!
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There are other potential reasons why the Tories might want to rattle their sabres in the Falklands. I seem to recall reading recently that there could well be oil under or near the Falklands, and with the SNP poised to ban any fracking in Scotland the tories and their backers may well have decided that the Falklands is an easier target…
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