Bob Eager wrote
Nightjar wrote
The Natural Philosopher wrote
Hugh - Was Invisible wrote

She was heading for a huge election defeat
until she manufactured the Falklands War.

*shrug* takes two to tango.

It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds
and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is
where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were.

If you discount the military and mineral implications, I guess so.

There were no military implications.