Tim Streater wrote
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.

And if you feel that ethnic cleansing is OK.

It wouldnt have been ethnic cleansing, some would have chosen to
stay just like some did when HongKong was handed back to China.