Originally Posted by Biggus
Exactly who are we protecting these sea lanes from? These "sea lanes" are not the exclusive property of UK plc, they are the same sea lanes carrying traffic to Rotterdam, Kiel, Antwerp, etc
As I remember it, we were banking on a fair bit of mineral wealth in the South Atlantic and, eventually, Antarctica. Nobody will oppose our extraction and movement arrangements, of course. Also, doesn't Barbados have some offshore oil? Remind me who their Head of State is?
Archimedes.
