Another very cold & speedy dawn run along the loch-side
road which, interestingly, was originally built to help the English subjugate the Scots.
Talking of imperialism, the Falkland Islands, AKA Islas Malvinas, were the subject
of colonial squabbling amongst Spain, Portugal & Britain from the 16th
century until 1833 when Britain pushed to the front of the queue and established
a spurious ownership of these small islands 4000 miles away. Now
the squabbling is between Britain and Argentina, and David Cameron is raising
the stakes by sending his best boat and
Prince William, to show those Argentinians that they can’t just make arbitrary neo-colonial
claims of ownership. According to the BBC, Prince William has been replaced
during his absence by a cocker spaniel, but we don’t yet know what will replace
Cameron’s best boat at bath-time.
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