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No parties

I see the new Legco site says - as if it were a good thing - that there are no political parties, and no formal opposition. Call me cynical, but I'm sure certain people would like to keep it that way.

This article should reflect that there has been at least one party I know of on the island. --MacRusgail (talk) 20:49, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Do you plan on sharing the source of this material? Justin talk 21:48, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Angela Wigglesworth's book, Falkland People mentions someone who stood/was going to stand for a political party - so that makes at least one. Incidentally, I have come across a similar attitude from the Manx Establishment, although in their case, it's less forgivable as there's been a number of different parties there such as Liberal Vannin and the Manx Labour Party.--MacRusgail (talk) 13:26, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Stood/Was going to stand. Did they or didn't they? Justin talk 21:48, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There was a political party the "Desire the right party" formed in the eighties will try and get around to putting something together about it. BennyTec (talk) 22:25, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Desire the Right was the one that was mentioned. I didn't know whether they stood, because the piece said (if I remember rightly) that the party had been formed, but had not yet stood (this was years ago) BT has the local knowledge. I've only seen a brief mention.--MacRusgail (talk) 21:24, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to a foulup with my memory stick, I can't put in the text here, but from memory, the ref is on p 72 of "Falkland People". It says that three candidates stood for "Desire the Right", and that there was a "superstition" against political parties in the archipelago. One of the candidates was the owner of the Malvina House Hotel - he says that the Falklands Media (not that there's much of that!) misrepresented them as wanting better relations with Argentina, when in fact, they wanted discussion on fisheries conservation.--MacRusgail (talk) 16:34, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(Unindent) - Quote: "Mike [Rendell] was one of three candidates to stand in the last election for a new "Desire the Right" party, which aimed to give people more of a say in local affairs...

"'There's a lot of superstition in the Falklands about a party system, which I find difficult to understand. With the financial situation now being undertaken locally, one would have thought it would have been a good idea to have so many people involved in making policies as possible, because as individuals some of us were extremely frustrated with what seemed a lack of decision being taken by our Council.'" Wigglesworth, Angela. (1992) Falkland People (p72). Pub. Peter Owen. ISBN 0-7206-0850-3 --MacRusgail (talk) 21:00, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Colapse of the Junta

Re: "The loss of the war against Britain over control of the islands accelerated the collapse of the Argentine military dictatorship in 1983."

I think this is irrelevant to an article on the politics of the Falklands and would be better placed in an article about argentina or the military dictatorship (Junta) but since its in there already I edited to say that it 'accelerated' the fall of the Junta. We can not really say with certainty what would have happened had the Junta won, only guess some kind of future. So the 'undo' was not reasonable I believe. Chuckarg33 (talk) 14:52, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh but it wasn't. The Plaza de Mayo filled with thousands of adoring Argentine, an atmosphere that meant even the "Mothers of the Disappeared" were threatened as unpatriotic. Even Montoneros volunteering to undertake missions in Gibraltar against British ships. Defeat led to the downfall of the Junta, Victory would have preserved it. The statement is accurate. Justin talk 15:51, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Chief Exec as head of government?

The article currently claims that the chief executive is the head of government, a claim I think is slightly erroneous. He's definitely tyhe chief officer of the island's civil service as such, but executive power is clearly vested in the governor, who continues to preside over the ExCo and is responsible for appointments etc. I might go through and tinker with the wording. - Chrism would like to hear from you 15:29, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Quite so, he is a civil servant with no political authority or mandate whatsoever. The idea of having a Chief Minister (effectively = Prime Minister) as in Gibraltar, Bermuda etc. was debated during the last Falklands constitutional review but presently postponed. Apcbg (talk) 20:44, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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