Argentinian firebrand Javier Milei is right about one thing: British sovereignty of the Falklands must end | Simon Jenkins

The Conservatives' stubborn stance on the islands' future is merely a refusal to let go of our last spark of military glory

The Falkland Islands are the Parthenon marbles of Britain's diplomacy. They bring out the silliest antics in what passes for its role on the world stage".

The election of a new populist leader in Argentina made the reopening of the Falklands issue a near certainty, and so it has proved. The bizarre figure of Javier Milei may not be on the world stage for long, but he did pay British history the compliment of calling Thatcher one of the great leaders in the history of humanity". He duly suggested the time might have come, yet again, to reopen the issue of Falklands sovereignty, not militarily but by diplomacy.

Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist

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