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This would ignore Falklands residents, who overwhelmingly voted in 2013 to reaffirm their Britishness with a referendum.

He insisted Argentines were not “yelling like savages”, and his Government did not “believe in war”.

But the next day, in a rare televised public address, he accused Britain of having “systematically violated” the islands by exploiting their resources as he announced sanctions and declared the islands Argentina’s “future”.

After the address, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband declared Britain’s position on the Falklands – which has been colonised by Britons for centuries – to be “unwavering”.