Keeping the Falkland Islands British is not very important, under-25s say – days after leaked White House memo threatened to ‘review’ UK claim

Only one in ten young people think it’s ‘very important’ for the Falkland Islands to remain British, a new poll has shown. 

Voters under 25 were less likely than older people to consider it necessary for the UK to retain sovereignty over islands, the survey by More in Common found. 

The revelation comes just days after the US threatened to ‘review’ Britain’s claim to the Falkland Islands as punishment for failing to support the Iran war. 

The threat, which was circulated in an email, apparently drafted by a junior advisor, was leaked, triggered a diplomatic crisis on the eve of the King’s visit to

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