Falklands oil

[DimPrawn]

I still think we should sell the Falklands and the oil fields to the Argies but only accept gold as payment.

The few thousand residents and sheep can be given a free island off the Scottish coast so they feel at home (i.e. desolate, windswept and cold).

Win win, they get the Malvinas and we get a lot of lovely gold to back our currency with.

[PAH]

Para's "Tab", Marines "Yomp". Hth.

Oops.

Yomp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The most famous yomp of recent times was during the 1982 Falklands War. After disembarking from ships at San Carlos on East Falkland, on 21 May 1982, Royal Marines and members of the Parachute Regiment yomped (and tabbed) with their equipment across the islands, covering 56 miles (90 km)[2] in three days carrying 80 pounds (36 kg)[3] loads.

Bet they all have segways now.

[TimberWolf]

Don't the officers call it a 'jolly'?

[Churchill]

Don't the officers call it a 'jolly'?

Usually from the back of a landrover...

A trifle unfair that really considering the requirements for Officer training in the Marines.

[Moscow Mule]

Interestingly, shares in RKH have dropped today. Folk must be upset about timelines...

[DimPrawn]

I think we can safely assume another war. Maybe our NATO allies will help us the way that we have helped them in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya.

Perhaps the yanks will lend a hand, they've always been our allies, haven't they?

War Plan Red - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[MarillionFan]

Interestingly, shares in RKH have dropped today. Folk must be upset about timelines...

I thought they'd failed to hit oil again and needed more cash according to the BB's.

[TimberWolf]

I thought they'd failed to hit oil again and needed more cash according to the BB's.

I heard that rumour too. Possibly easy to diddle the numbers considering there is known oil there, the unknown is whether it's economically feasible to extract.

[Moscow Mule]

I thought they'd failed to hit oil again and needed more cash according to the BB's.

Oh no, they hit 350 million barrels, minimum.

They do need more cash though.

[TimberWolf]

Perhaps the yanks will lend a hand, they've always been our allies, haven't they?

War Plan Red - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Obama refers to the Falklands Islands as Malvinas Islands.

Obama Administration Backs Argentina Over U.K. On Falkland Dispute | Fox News