If Argentina could "flood the islands with Argentines." then Great Britain could also flood the islands with British. If there is any inequality in this arrangement. it results from the inequities of geography. with the British trying to maintain an artificial colony 8.000 miles from the homeland. The British for the past 150 years have rigidly excluded immigrants from other nations. particularly from neighboring countries that would normally have played a part in the development of the islands. And even the inmigrants of British nationality allowed to settle on the islands were excluded from purchasing their own land. and more recently relegated to thirdclass citizenship status. that is to say. a thirdclass passport which does not allow resettlement in the British Isles. In objecting to the Argentine proposal for equal treatment.
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