Oh dear. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. The islands make money from sheep, tourism and fishing licences (£15-25 million a year).
There's no economy that is self-sustaining by todays standards.
Be much obliged if you could validate the above statement with reference sources.
Until then, best you get back under a rock cos' I smell a troll
The problem, the rest of the world just doesn't understand. Admit, they've never been there. (What % of uk population has, even wants to..)
The figure for annual defense of the islands which has been falling over the last five years, was £69 million in 2010-11, less than half of what it was in 2005-06.
A good percentage of the population is a civil servant. Infrastructure, logistics, healthcare, education for such a small community thousands of miles away.. You get the idea.
You really have no idea Keesje.
Maybe it is me that is all blinded..
