Argentina’s ambassador to the UK trolls the Tory backbenchers

Nothing like a bit of Argie-bargie to get the Tory backbenchers going. Mr S has been passed a letter and booklet sent by the Argentine Embassy in London to all MPs concerning the ‘Malvinas’.

According to the ambassador Alicia Castro:

‘The book provides and overview of the actions that we have been carrying out with regard to the Malvinas Question. We have built contacts with political authorities, trade unions and NGOs; we have participated in university debates; we have produced press articles and information campaigns, and we have visited the UK’s four constituent nations.’

It goes on to hope:

‘2015 will be the year in which the United Kingdom and Argentina resume dialogue in order to reach a peaceful and definitive solution to the sovereignty dispute of the Malvinas.’

Surely a bottle of Malbec would have been a friendlier gesture than the continued use of the word ‘Malvinas’?

Needless to say this has gone down like a cup of sick with many MPs, including Michael Fabricant, who brandished the book at Foreign Office Questions in the House on Tuesday:

‘We should not have any negotiations with Argentina on sovereignty until the Falkland islanders want to leave the United Kingdom.’

Not so much a lobbying exercise, but a master class in international ‘trolling’.