My main sadness about this is it will mean the end of British Indian Ocean Territory stamps. :( Actually more seriously, my only real worry about this is what it will mean for the Marine Protection A… (View Post)

Simple belief in democracy. The Chagos Islanders did not want to be part of the UK so we are right to withdraw. The Falkland Islanders very much want to remain part of the UK so we should continue to… (View Post)

I have not looked at the detaila yet. I just saw the headline and immediately popped over here to see what was being said. But in principle I think we should give the islands back to the Chagosians. … (View Post)

Kind of missing the point that we didn't have a voice or a stance in a lot of international forums whilst we were in the EU because we ceded that right to the EU. (View Post)

3.30 in Norway. We used to sit in the Ops room overlooking the main entrance at Talisman in Stavanger and by about 3.40 the whole building was empty. (View Post)