The three people that voted against it, Carlos, Sergio, and Diego, were unavailable for comment...

Let's hope Stanley is in the correct place now.

When Pere Artist was Driver, Ship the big red bathtub took delivery of one of the first GPS systems.

Moored alongside the jetty the GPS showed that they were half-way between John Street and Fitzroy Road.

You'd have thought that the hydrographer who drew the chart in 1872 would have been more accurate :ok:

The great thing about democracy is that 3 people can express a preference for something else.
Picking up on another point regarding the turnout, it proves that the politically and socially motivated will always vote, something our too comfortable home electorate might chose to remember instead of whining about the apparent rise in popularity of some other parties in recent times.

We must be very considerate of the Minority view mustn't we?

Naah! Not when it's that small anyway and certainly not if we don't like their point of view.

At least there were recorded votes against the resolution, otherwise it might have looked like a stitch up not unlike the votes used to be in Iraq, Argentina could then have gone to the UN complaining about unfair polling....;)

Britain must have something going for it if 99.8% of the FI and 98.48% of Gibraltar voted (in 2002) to remain British.

Might be the OIL

Mole Man:ok:

Interesting that the cousins have hijacked the parallel thread on this subject on JB and it's become a "Bash Barry (Obama)" thread. Still, that's JB I suppose, maybe I'll start a discussion about the Huhne/Price affair on US Hamsterwheel - just to see if any of them have heard of it!

Didn't know there was oil in Gibraltar!

Then all we need now is the Scottish one :ok:

Well, the no vote was 50% higher than I expected, the French couple on West Falkland must have a kid who is old enough to vote. (Carlos, Sergio and Diego in fact all voted Yes!!!)

Desperate Alec has had a bill introduced today in the Jockistan parliament to allow 16 and 17 year old residents the right to vote in elections and any referenda.

Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, comes to mind. :hmm:

It used to be called Gerrymandering!

The last time I heard the word Gerrymander was in the Stranglers song 'Nuclear Device'!

Ref Post #33, I think the question should be why aren't ALL 16 & 17 yr olds in the whole of the UK permitted to vote? They pay taxes, can be married, join up etc etc.

And here's a question. If the majority vote in Scotland in Oct 2014 is in favour of entering into negotiations to withdraw from Great Britain, will all posters on this thread be so effusive in their commendation of democracy? Scots aren't stupid and if the vote does go the way of Independence it will be because it is the settled will of the Scottish people, just as it is now demonstrably the settled will of the Falkland Islanders to remain an overseas UK territory. What's the problem with that?

Has a recount been demanded? ;)

I was going to post here saying something about how half our 16 year olds can hardly read let alone understand the implications of separation. But I changed my mind.

Personally, if FI had have voted out, that would be their right and I'd have respected it. Same with Scotland.

I'll drink to that, especially as they cannot. :ok: