Michael Fallon has used his visit to the Falklands to pinpoint Jeremy Corbyn – not Argentina – as the biggest threat to islanders. During his trip to the Falklands, the Defence Secretary insisted that Argentina wasn’t the main worry for the Falklands – it was actually the Labour leader and his party. He said:
‘The biggest threat at the moment isn’t Argentina, actually it is Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour party who seem determined to override the wishes of the Islanders. That is the immediate threat.’
His comments are a clear attempt to politicise both his visit to the Falklands and the islands themselves. It’s hard not to blame Fallon for doing so and trying to label Corbyn as the ‘biggest threat’ to the Falklands. After all, the Labour leader did suggest last month that Britain should hand back the islands as part of a ‘power-sharing’ deal with Argentina.
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