Vox Populi, Vox Canum

The fact that the people of The Falkland Islands have voted to remain British is, quite honestly, a non-event in the big picture. 

If I was given a choice of being able to call myself British without having to be governed by the current bunch of idiots, fools and bigots we currently have in power, I would jump at it at a heartbeat. 

They have basically said that they want the British Navy to keep protecting them, but without the bother of having to suffer under the criminally ludicrous policies of the current government, and the frankly dangerous policies of some of the far right parties that seem to be gaining some level of support (however invented that level might be – see the previous entry). 

If my town were given that option – to be an entirely self-contained enclave that would make its own laws and its own rules – and still get protected when someone wanted to attack it – I am pretty sure they would all say yes in a split-second. So would most other towns. 

So it is any surprise that a tiny group of people several thousand miles away voted for it? 

They have no VAT, 26% tax, you don’t have an automatic right to move there, even if you are British, and they answer to no one except themselves.

Why would anyone vote against that?

However it does beg a very important question – 

Cameron has been banging on about how "we should respect their choice"

 A choice made, by just 1,517 people (3 of whom voted against)

And yet when petition after petition is signed by over 100,000 people, Cameron ignores them completely. 

When hundreds of thousands of people protest in the streets of London, Cameron ignores them completely, or worse – writes them off as trouble makers who are not worth listening to. 

So why should we respect the view of 1,514 people who live 8,000 miles away when the views of hundreds of thousands of people who live right here in this country are routinely ignored?