welcome to the falklands. (john fowler) you're on the falkland islands. we're in the south atlantic, about 250 miles off the nearest point of the southern part of latin america. it is a windy place, but once you've learned to walk sort of leaning against the wind, it's easy. (sophie fouron) john fawler. born in england, he's lived in the falklands some fifty years, during which he has been a teacher, guide, journalist and editor. with extensive knowledge of this land he calls home, these are his islands. (john fowler) we're an immigrant society. there is still a majority of people of british origin. at the moment, according to the last census, there are 2850 or so inhabitants of the falkland islands of whom just about 2000 now live in stanley, and the rest are scattered around what we call the "camp," which is anywhere outside of stanley, including a smaller number of people who live on small islands, which they run as sheep farms and also as tourist destinations. the falkland islands used to be a colony. now, it is technically a british overseas territor

intention to visit the falklands intention to visit the falklands in an act of solidarity.s under attack. and whilst the falkland move is encouraging from the foreign secretary , it seems that uk secretary, it seems that the uk is on the precipice of handing over the british indian ocean territory to mauritius, a close ally of communist china, owing to a contentious un court judgement that we ought to have ignored. so with me now to discuss this is the director of the margaret thatcher centre for freedom at the heritage foundation. our gardener and gb news political news senior political commentator nigel nelson , and commentator nigel nelson, and nigel margaret thatcher would have been appalled, wouldn't she, at this surrender of sovereignty by quisling sovereignty by the quisling foreign office? >> would have been appalled. >> this is absolutely outrageous .bons >> this is absolutely outrageous . boris johnson is 100% right to condemn this . this is a condemn this. this is a spineless and cowardly move . it spineless and cowardly move. it is not in the british national in

british citizens in the falkland islands . in the falkland islands. >> you see, i wasn't wrong. and to think that 40 years ago we sent a task force 8000 miles away at considerable loss of blood and money. and we're now treating british citizens like this. i think it's disgusting. what do you think ? once again, what do you think? once again, we must stand up for the people of the falkland islands as we do the other 1 of the falkland islands as we do the other1 million british people and businesses who've been debunked over the course of the last four years. i will keep this campaign going. it may well take for a final thought take years for a final thought in this segment on ukraine, we understand that ben wallace , who understand that ben wallace, who is leaving, left the government leaving parliament, to leaving parliament, wanted us to put further billion into put a further 2 billion into ukraine. but what i thought was really significant and almost missed over the weekend was an interview with the new defence secretary, grant shapps. we are now going to send british troops s

and paul, to 4 talks between the 2 countries over the falklands. the dispute also inflamed tensions between the u. k and european union, which referred to the islands as the male venus, their argentinian name. and the move that the british foreign minister said would increase tensions and the region the falkland islands have been an issue between the u. k and argentine out for decades. the territory held an important role in britain's territorial claims to the sub and arctic islands and served as an important logistical point during both world wars. in april 1982, the falklands war ensued when argentina invaded the aisles and other british territories in the south atlantic, briefly occupying them until a u. k. expeditionary force reclaimed them. we're not to assume demo get this issue has been challenging for the u. k. and has apparently come at some political cost to the current government. let us remember that c like and the european union agreed in the declaration of the summit that took place of this year. and that to include a paragraph on the

british citizens in the falkland islands . in the falkland islands. >> you see, i wasn't wrong. and to think that 40 years ago we sent a task force 8000 miles away at considerable loss of blood and money. and we're now treating british citizens like this. i think it's disgusting. what do you think ? once again, what do you think? once again, we must stand up for the people of the falkland islands as we do the other 1 of the falkland islands as we do the other1 million british people and businesses who've been debunked over the course of the last four years. i will keep this campaign going. it may well take for a final thought take years for a final thought in this segment on ukraine, we understand that ben wallace , who understand that ben wallace, who is leaving, left the government leaving parliament, to leaving parliament, wanted us to put further billion into put a further 2 billion into ukraine. but what i thought was really significant and almost missed over the weekend was an interview with the new defence secretary, grant shapps. we are now going to send british troops s

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so thnbritain. physically present in britain. >> but had the falklands >> but we've had the falklandshanistan and iraq. >> yeah. mean , i do think part >> yeah. i mean, i do think part of it is not learning about it. >> i mean, i studied world war one and two at school and then did war poetry for a—level. so i feel i understand the era quite well and was a very big part well and it was a very big part of our education to understand that, especially in that, you know, especially in regards it happening again. >> yeah, quite. >> yeah, quite. >> also, tonya, some of our >> but also, tonya, some of our greatest movies are about the first and second world wars, aren't ? so it's surprising aren't they? so it's surprising that would a lot of that you would think a lot of people know it. people would know about it. >> remake of dunkirk. it was fantastic. brilliant. >> remake of dunkirk. it was fantasti(| brilliant. >> remake of dunkirk. it was fantasti(| think brilliant. >> remake of dunkirk. it was fantasti(| think you'verilliant. >> remake of dunkirk. it was fantasti(| think you've hit ant.

according to us central combined, washington obtained the cache through the adjusted falklands of civil forfeiture claims and of their rounds as logic. revolutionary, god, cool. and while that washington has looked for new ways to support ukraine and made congressional in fighting, present abide and says that despite obstacles, the usaid will continue in ways that a get to be announced. the sooner we can support you agree, the next term should we need and there is another reason by which we may be able to find funding for that. but i'm not going to do that as well as the ukraine conflict does continue to drag on using western supplied cluster munitions, ukrainian on forces that struck a village in the west and the russian city of the yeah, that's according to the governor. the 2 out of that more than 50 homes were damaged . and while you're training the types of do routine lead, talk a civilian infrastructure, a rusher is rebuilding the city of not helpful as a correspondent, notes of 50000 feet. what is it working in the regions recently incorporated into the russian federation? accord

electorate, foreign policy issues, with the exception of the dispute with the uk and talking about the falkland milei got 30% of the vote in the primary is in august i think has to do more with the disenchantment that larger segment of the population has towards the political establishment, right, and that is been fuelling milei's vermote. he is basically a populist outsider and he is getting support from people that are angry at seeing a stagnation. ignacio labaqui, thank you. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. voice-over: bbc, bringing you different stories _ voice-over: bbc, bringing you different stories from _ voice-over: bbc, bringing you different stories from across - different stories from across the uk. ., ., ., , different stories from across the uk. ., ., the uk. on a glorious day in birmingham _ the uk. on a glorious day in birmingham archers - the uk. on a glorious day in birmingham archers of- the uk. on a glorious day in birmingham archers of all. the uk. on a glorious day in i birmingham archers of all ages and abilities are falling in love with the sport whi

secretary of state on 3 blankets inside of your baby amazing saturday following the suffice open falkland also to discuss the situation in gaza. this is part of is extended to, to the region in the hopes of preventing the conflict between israel and come us from spiraling into a big or war. as, as israel's procedures is legitimate right. to defend against people. and to try to assure that this never happens again, it is vitally important that all of us look out for facilities and we're working together to do exactly that. in particular, working on establishing safe areas. and guys are working on a stablish and a quarter or so that you measuring assistance can reach people who need it. none of us want to see suffering by civilians on any side. whether it's israel, whether it's gaza, whether it's anywhere else, we need to find a way to quickly deescalate the situation to quickly bring back these to at least stopping the guns and then working towards addressing most of the humidity. yeah, i have to emphasize the humanitarian situation because it is very, very difficult and we need to work to

personnel in the personnel went down in the falklands . so if it was good falklands.f a suddenisit enough for troops, why all of a sudden is it not good enough for these people , the migrants? that these people, the migrants? that is a very , very fair point. is a very, very fair point. before i leave the show, i have to pick up a viewer conversation. nick wrote in and asked me, michelle, how do you cope doing your job? because the news is so depressing. doom and gloom and all the rest of it. how do you manage mental how do you manage your mental health? think that's a health? and i think that's a very fair point, alex, because there negativity there is so much negativity going on in this world, isn't there? you find do you feel. >> i feel very positive about the world and i feel optimistic about our future a race. and about our future as a race. and as a country. and when i say race, i mean as a species. i think that humanity, our life expectancy has increased beyond everything. our forebears, new level of education on level of life, enjoyment as well as expectancy.

, falklands war 40 years ago this year. speech think, and it really speech i think, and it really did set the place alight. that was broke it was broken was so broke that it was broken by akshata. murty murty by the akshata. murty murty speech. measures announced speech. other measures announced today ban smoking. if today this ban on smoking. if you're 14 old, they're you're 14 years old, they're going increase age. going to increase the age. so you can't actually even buy cigarettes 18 cigarettes legally from 18 upwards. ban may or may not upwards. that ban may or may not come before the election when they're not sure yet. should they're not sure yet. it should be in the queen's speech, a plan to bring scrap these to scrap to bring to scrap these three all three a—levels. we've we've all taken when we younger to taken when we were younger to replace with that will taken when we were younger to replewell with that will taken when we were younger to replewell overvith that will taken when we were younger to replewell over a

. >> to the falklands and >> went to the falklands and stuff yeah, been >> went to the falklands andareer. yeah, been a great career. >> so how did you start? what was first break? was your first proper break? my first was working at first job, i was working at bentalls kingston, earning £18.50. >> school. was >> after i'd left school. i was earning food earning £18.50 a week, food coming bus fares coming out of that and bus fares and then i didn't and stuff and then i didn't really men's >> i was in the men's department. my department. i was doing my impressions and hignfy impressions of johnny and hignfy and things. and all those kind of things. >> was a bit just >> and i was a bit bored just messing because that was messing about because that was me. i went worked me. and then i went and worked for late father and he's for my late father and he's a lovely i miss my dad and an and then did he do he was used to restore furniture . but as he got restore furniture. but as he got older he just stained chairs . older he just stained chairs. and gag alert and go on and he he was a famous

falklands play. they don't want to they don't want to go down that route. >> indeed. and it's a very, very thing for the bbc. if they lose the support of the jewish community in this country. >> rebecca jane, absolutely. >> rebecca jane, absolutely. >> thank goodness somebody has actually said some harsh words and called them out . but at what and called them out. but at what point, you know, this has been going for decades where we've going on for decades where we've been calling out about the bbc and about their bias on lots of different and about their different topics and about their woke point woke agenda. at what point there's not many other channels who get it as much as the bbc. so at what point is something actually going to be done because it falls on deaf ears and ofcom are just sat on the backside doing nothing. but it's the bbc bias. >> where would you >> i mean, where would you identify that it identify bias issues that it that covers? identify bias issues that it tha well, vers? are de

we heard so much about the 1980s, the falklands.ound there in that speech. although of course there are some criticisms of penny mordaunt as well. people have criticised her for perhaps not being entirely on top of her brief. we are now seeing johnny mercer there, the veterans standing up at veterans minister standing up at the at the podium in the row. >> i wonder why he's on the platform. so is that because he's dashing and good looking? a former model? >> interesting. former model? >> ianything g. do with >> has anything to do with it? >> has anything to do with it? >> of course. leader >> of course. of course. leader of veterans of the commons and veterans minister aren't the most senior positions in cabinet they've been left to today . some of the been left to today. some of the larger great offices of state, of course, had had speeches on previous days. >> but it's funny what you were saying fact saying then, tom, about the fact that penny draws upon that penny mordaunt draws upon this sort of military aura that seems to surro

and in fact, after falklands war, fact, after the falklands war, when in argentina, was when he was inh cause there after they removed the dictator. so you know, history has been rewritten by these left wing academics and we should resist it . it. >> he is in kenya. it's a significant state visit. do you think he enjoys these occasions? is he enjoying his new job as king? >> i fear not. i mean, he never liked to going africa. he was forced to go to africa shortly before he became king because he neglected the commonwealth. he liked going to the white commonwealth countries. he liked going india, but he going a lot to india, but he avoided if could . but avoided africa. if he could. but why? well, he just didn't find it culturally very interesting, whereas he was very interested in of india . and the in the culture of india. and the real truth is he doesn't. camilla doesn't like travelling long distances, as i think he does it difficult . does find it very difficult. now. he doesn't look as if he's enjoying job, having waited enjoying the job, having waited so long it. but but in the so

i think, in my view at least, that we are right falkland right behind the falkland islands stand, whichive of 1982, i think it was when the falkland islands war was won, of course, by margaret thatcher. no doubt many conservative activists here are delighted by that. but it is remarkable to see this conference abuzz. people might think that being between 10 and 20 points behind in the polls might have dampened the mood here in manchester, but it doesn't seem so. it seems that people are abuzz. people are talking, and indeed, we've heard from some senior cabinet ministers today so far as well. but the real action, perhaps the real buzz might not be coming from the conference house theatre. i suppose, where the main speeches are happening , main speeches are happening, perhaps the real news and where people are most excited comes from the fringe events. now these are spread out in lots of different rooms. elsewhere aside from this central zone, but that's perhaps where the real news will happen. and where the real interest is going on. the prime minister himself was speaking at a local co

korea to the falklands, afghanis , iran, the falklands, afghanis, iran, iraq and so on.w . academia is full of generals , . academia is full of generals, people who lean to the left, which is fine. but i think that their ideology is getting in the way of what i would call correct behaviour when it comes to respecting those. >> surely, surely, though surely , though even the most hardened political activist would recognise would have to recognise would have to recognise that desecrating the cenotaph would turn the vast majority of brits against you . majority of brits against you. >> well, i don't think they do patriot and you know, the same appues patriot and you know, the same applies to the idiots from just stop oil that that spray things with orange and red paint. stop oil that that spray things with orange and red paint . they with orange and red paint. they just don't seem to realise that it's counterproductive when just stop oil started their protests there was quite a big swathe of what i would call middle uk , what i would call middle uk, which was sympathetic to

but i remember an occasion 40 years ago in the falklands conflict , almost an falklands conflict, almost george howard was a large man and it was called an roasting . and was called an roasting. and roger said that his entrails on the ground so i think it'll be tough tonight. >> roger, what would you say to people out there who say the bbc aren't normally shy to kind of take a position on things, things like brexit, things like climate change, but reluctant to take a position on calling hamas terrorists, quite quick to terrorists, but quite quick to take position on on the take a position on on the bombing of the hospital car park, as you know, attributable as the fault of israel before that was was. so what i'm trying to get at here, is there a predisposition in in the bbc minds set to, if you like sort side with one side over the other? >> no. and i could challenge all the things you're saying about brexit and everything else because dropping those in, i mean, direct question there isn't a bbc mindset. have you ever worked in the place? yes, there over 200 there are over 200 correspond

but after the falklands war and then after the necessary defeat of arthur scargill, because he embarked battle of the somme against the british people, the british state , and then she became the state, and then she became the great figure. tony was already there. >> i may interrupt you on that point and say to you, are you saying that starmer is as charismatic as margaret thatcher was 1979? but the same? was in 1979? but the same? >> i'd say he's very prophetic arsenal like she was very well prepared and occasionally she would dare a joke , but usually would dare a joke, but usually get it wrong . sir keir tends to get it wrong. sir keir tends to avoid jokes. i mean, he's a trained high grade lawyer. he's middle of the road. he's a solution solver, and he is not given to any kind of excitement. i've tracked him a little bit and i think that's what people want. we've had, frankly, too much excitement from the conservative party in the last 5 or 6 years. too many prime ministers too many policies going left or right or up or down, and people are fed up with it. and rishi sunak, who seems

by the way, 40 years ago in the falklands conflict, chairman was conflict, the bbc chairman was summonedas called because the chairman , george howard, was chairman, george howard, was a large man. it was called an ox roasting and tim davies, rather slimmer . but i roasting and tim davies, rather slimmer. but i think he'll have a very tough time. but of course he should go , but he should be he should go, but he should be answerable to everybody. >> quickly, if you >> just very quickly, if you can, bbc parliament, can, roger, bbc parliament, their yesterday of their coverage yesterday of andrew bridgen speech on excess deaths had a load of straps throughout it, in effect putting a contrary argument at the bottom of the straps to the one that andrew bridgen was making . that andrew bridgen was making. i've never known that before on a bbc parliament channel where i always thought they just said this the person speaking and this is the person speaking and this is the person speaking and this what the debates are, this is what the debates are, what do what do you make? what do you what do y

virtually in tears, as you saw from really emotional from those really emotional talked about the falklandsyears since the war, still a royal naval reserve mp . she feels it strongly. and mp. she feels it strongly. and i think that was a real that answered the suella speech, which two which those are the two big speeches think sunak's one speeches i think sunak's one wasn't move the hall in wasn't didn't move the hall in the same way that those two did. >> so what does labour do next week liverpool to i mean, week in liverpool to i mean, they've already started to pick apart this transport plan for the north and we've got various mayors liverpool of west mayors of liverpool of west yorkshire saying, well we weren't consulted about it, there's no detailed plan, there's no detailed plan, there's no detailed plan, there's no money, but that doesn't really sort of give you a good attack line just to sort of criticise bits and pieces. what's labour going to come with next week? >> well we see more on on >> well we might see more on on tax, you might see more just to reassure and not to reassure

. >> you know, ask any falkland island.have to work at. >> absolutely. look, patrick, incredibly well put and actually , i know that was short and sweet, but i can't think of a better way to end the show than what you've just said there. those freedoms that we enjoy were hard earned and hard fought and paid for in the blood of a lot of british soldiers right around world. that's patrick around the world. that's patrick benham, around the world. that's patrick benhar british army officer and former british army officer and author. you very, author. thank you very, very much. i'm give you the much. i'm going to give you the closing and just closing total. and can i just say a massive thank you to the wonderful gb news viewers and listeners. you all for listeners. i love you all for the bottom of my heart. you always counted. always stand up to be counted. and final just in the and the final total just in the last days is £145,940 for last two days is £145,940 for the royal british legion poppy appeal. thank you very, very muc

and i'm old enough to remember the falklands war when the bbc was accused of being unpatriotic reporting reporting the news as accurately and dispassionately . and i think dispassionately. and i think here the bbc, i heard , i heard a here the bbc, i heard, i heard a defence from bbc on the defence from the bbc on the radio, think on world service radio, i think on world service and whoever it was was saying that this a normal that this is a normal international standard when you're reporting incidents like this to use kind of neutral terms and allow the audience to make up their own mind as to the motivation and the correctness or othennise of the action taken. and some sympathy taken. and i got some sympathy with where i think with that view where i think i've got considerable concerns is actually the first point emily was referring to, which is about king charles getting involved . i don't it's at involved. i don't think it's at all appropriate the royal all appropriate for the royal family involved these family to be involved in these matters, these are highly political highly politi