| Argentina inflation at 113% 09:50 - Aug 16 with 3215 views | nodge_blue |
I don't know how a society even functions like that. Wages cant be going up every month? Maybe they are.
And in a global economy, imported goods presumably aren't going up - or at least not at that rate. So why should they cost more month on month?
I know they have had a problem for a while but I thought it was coming under control. |  |
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| Argentina inflation at 113% on 16:24 - Aug 16 with 649 views | Keno |
| Argentina inflation at 113% on 16:07 - Aug 16 by MattinLondon |
Lowestoft and Diss is like south Essex - no one really wants to claim it as their own. |
maybe do a deal for Diss, Lowestoft, Witham, and chuck Sudbury in for good measure?
Seems fair exchange of some bleak desolate places for some islands in the south Atlantic |  |
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| Argentina inflation at 113% on 17:41 - Aug 16 with 604 views | nodge_blue |
| Argentina inflation at 113% on 16:05 - Aug 16 by Keno |
ok, give them Norwich, Diss and Lowestoft? |
Can we just settle on Diss? | |
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| Argentina inflation at 113% on 19:02 - Aug 16 with 578 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Argentina inflation at 113% on 15:58 - Aug 16 by MattinLondon |
According to Sir John Nott, the British Secretary of State for Defence during the conflict, acknowledged in his memoirs that "in so many ways Mitterrand and the French were our greatest allies". |
I find this totally mind boggling.
You have obviously read the book, how did he actually come to this opinion? |  |
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| Argentina inflation at 113% on 19:17 - Aug 16 with 560 views | RadioOrwell |
| Argentina inflation at 113% on 19:02 - Aug 16 by Lord_Lucan |
I find this totally mind boggling.
You have obviously read the book, how did he actually come to this opinion? |
Arms embargo which helped us more than Argentina.
Intelligence sharing.
Diplomatic support as permanent member of UN Security Council.
Embargo on weapons sales and neutral stance may have deterred other Euro nations from supporting Argentina. |  | | |
| Argentina inflation at 113% on 19:19 - Aug 16 with 559 views | Keno |
Just read this little snippet
"As the Reagan administration moved the United States firmly into the British corner during the war, there was genuine bipartisan support. It was then-Sen. Joe Biden who introduced a Senate resolution supporting the British position. As Biden explained: “The Argentinians must be disabused of the notion … that the United States is truly neutral in this matter.”
That Biden bloke seems like a good sort, what happened to him? | |
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| Argentina inflation at 113% on 19:34 - Aug 16 with 551 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Argentina inflation at 113% on 19:19 - Aug 16 by Keno |
Just read this little snippet
"As the Reagan administration moved the United States firmly into the British corner during the war, there was genuine bipartisan support. It was then-Sen. Joe Biden who introduced a Senate resolution supporting the British position. As Biden explained: “The Argentinians must be disabused of the notion … that the United States is truly neutral in this matter.”
That Biden bloke seems like a good sort, what happened to him? |
He got the job and thought he could start thinking for himself. | |
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| Argentina inflation at 113% on 19:35 - Aug 16 with 549 views | chicoazul |
| Argentina inflation at 113% on 19:19 - Aug 16 by Keno |
Just read this little snippet
"As the Reagan administration moved the United States firmly into the British corner during the war, there was genuine bipartisan support. It was then-Sen. Joe Biden who introduced a Senate resolution supporting the British position. As Biden explained: “The Argentinians must be disabused of the notion … that the United States is truly neutral in this matter.”
That Biden bloke seems like a good sort, what happened to him? |
Yeah he was one of the guys who campaigned for the IRA and our defeat by terrorists. |  |
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| Argentina inflation at 113% on 19:38 - Aug 16 with 540 views | Meadowlark |
| Argentina inflation at 113% on 11:43 - Aug 16 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
Basket case of a country, they owe the IMF $46bn. It may not seem much given we spent more than that on furlough, but their economy is about 1/6th the size of the UK.
There is an anarcho capitalist who is polling well, he plans intensive austerity if he gains power including privatisation of the Ministry of Education (let’s hope Sunak hasn’t seen that).
As always in times of economic strife in Argentina they’ll probably start making noises over the Falklands to distract from the corruption and utter incompetence. |
I assume you are talking about the government of Argentina and/or the people who run the economy rather than the Argentinian people???
One could say much the same about the UK. (Basket case, corruption, utter incompetence etc) |  | | |
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| Argentina inflation at 113% on 19:44 - Aug 16 with 536 views | RadioOrwell |
| Argentina inflation at 113% on 19:35 - Aug 16 by chicoazul |
Yeah he was one of the guys who campaigned for the IRA and our defeat by terrorists. |
There is no clear evidence of Biden supporting terrorism. However he was strongly critical of the UK Govt.
Over time he shifted along with many others to full support of the GFA. | | | |
| Argentina inflation at 113% on 21:19 - Aug 16 with 508 views | MattinLondon |
| Argentina inflation at 113% on 19:17 - Aug 16 by RadioOrwell |
Arms embargo which helped us more than Argentina.
Intelligence sharing.
Diplomatic support as permanent member of UN Security Council.
Embargo on weapons sales and neutral stance may have deterred other Euro nations from supporting Argentina. |
Also gave Britain military information regarding its missiles that it had supplied Argentina prior to the conflict. I think information which could intercept them - can’t quite remember how though. Also, gave Britain access to its aircraft that were similar to what the Argentinian airforce were using.
I’ve visited Argentina a couple of times and it’s a strange country. Its architecture from the nineteenth to early twenty century is stunning but more recent buildings aren’t great. A very warm and friendly country that appeared to me to be totally obsessed with the Falklands. Quite imagine that this issue will go away. |  | | |
| Argentina inflation at 113% on 21:38 - Aug 16 with 506 views | factual_blue |
They use the US dollar on a day-to-day basis. |  |
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| Argentina inflation at 113% on 22:40 - Aug 16 with 485 views | jayessess |
| Argentina inflation at 113% on 21:19 - Aug 16 by MattinLondon |
Also gave Britain military information regarding its missiles that it had supplied Argentina prior to the conflict. I think information which could intercept them - can’t quite remember how though. Also, gave Britain access to its aircraft that were similar to what the Argentinian airforce were using.
I’ve visited Argentina a couple of times and it’s a strange country. Its architecture from the nineteenth to early twenty century is stunning but more recent buildings aren’t great. A very warm and friendly country that appeared to me to be totally obsessed with the Falklands. Quite imagine that this issue will go away. |
Ex-partner was Argentinian and visited a fair bit, never struck me that there was particularly an obsession with the Falklands, beyond it still meaning a lot to veterans of the conflict and being a useful bit of political populism from time to time.
Ironically, always struck me that there was, lurking beneath the surface, a fair bit of historic Anglophilia there, more so than in the rest of Latin America. Always felt like that as an Englishman they expected me to be disappointed when anything was disorganised/chaotic/rude because the English were so orderly/polite. Prior to the war, Argentina had a very close relationship with Britain, a sort of semi-colony that's the main centre for British trading and geopolitical relationships in the region (hence why they play rugby, polo, football etc.). Britain's support is quite important for a couple of wars the Argentinian state fights in the 19th Century too.
(Bit of trivia: mid-century Britain imported huge quantities of beef from either side of the River Plate - Uruguay and Argentina - partly because the length of the journey coincided neatly with how long the beef needed to be hung. One manifestation of this was the Fray Bentos pie company, named after the town in Uruguay where they made their corned beef) |  |
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