Sorry my friend, you’re the second person that’s come to that conclusion from my comment, so I’ve obviously written it like a muppet.

I agree wholeheartedly with you, it wouldn’t work and any form of annexation would be unwise to say the least.

My point is that having an island sat that close to your own borders under the ownership of another country would always prove to be a lightning rod for nationalists or rabble-rousers, which is what the Argentine (Argentinian? I’m not sure) government has been seemily using to deflect from their own failings for years.