RE: What else is looking good like RKH right now as a buy?6 Sep 2025 08:41
"The UKGOV has no say, so why would you suggest as such."
Legally that is correct (except in exceptional circumstances) but practically there is a world of difference. The FI is totally dependent on the UK Govt for defence, for supplies, for assistance in all sorts of things such as schooling. You can't run a country deep in the S Atlantic with a population of a small village in the modern world. So the islanders are "mindful" of what the UK Govt. wants , or doesn't want.
The main defence of FI Independence is the firestorm that would be unleashed in the press and Parliament if the islanders complained. UK Govts have learn't over the years that the fight isn't worth the damage it does. Right now, especially, they won't want any more brown stuff flying around, whatever Miliband might want.