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Lord Michael Howard says he can’t “see any harm” in reminding the Spanish “what kind of people we are”.
The South American nation refers to the islands as the Malvinas.
The presenter was involved in a controversial incident in the country last year.
The UK’s defence minister believes there is a “live threat” from the island’s unhappy neighbour.
Locals claimed the registration plate referred to the Falklands war.
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1,513 people voted to keep the islands as a UK overseas territory – while only three said they wanted to break away.
The result is not in doubt but the scale of the ‘yes’ vote will be closely watched as a sign of the Falklanders’ strength of feeling about remaining British.
His comments come amid a war of words before residents go to the polls in March to say whether they want the archipelago to remain a British overseas territory.
The tabloid has advertised in an English-language newspaper telling Argentina’s president: ‘Hands off.’
David Cameron has today dismissed a renewed call by Argentine President Cristina Kirchner for Britain to return the disputed Falkland Islands.
One of the most controversial incidents of the Falklands War saw a change in the Irish government’s approach to the conflict and a considerable backlash from the British media and public.
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The Government was worried that an arrangement between RTÉ and BBC could lead to a national embarrassment.
The recent Falkands War and the IRA bombing campaign had led to a “resistance to the Irish angle”.
Suggestions that Ireland would not support British efforts to ostracise Argentina after its invasion of the Falklands in April 1982 were met with warnings from diplomats in London.
But this isn’t about Ireland for a change as the Falklands and Scotland look to upcoming referendums on their future, writes David McCann from the University of Ulster.
The chairman of the island’s assembly said that residents of the British Overseas Territory wanted to make it clear once and for all that they wished to maintain the status quo, against Argentina’s wishes.
The former Smiths frontman told Argentinian fans that the islands “belong” to them.
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There has been increasing tensions between the two countries over the disputed islands in recent months.
The Argentinian government owns the rights to First Division matches and shows games on free-to-air TV.