Sold the last copy of Lisa Watson's 'Waking up to War' yesterday and one more order came in this morning! Still have plenty of 'Diddle Dee to Wire Gates' but just three copies of 'Rocky the Rockhopper'. Have sold half of the stock of lapel badges but still plenty left.

 

Must remember to take some stock of badges and 'Diddle Dee to Wire Gates' to the FIG Reception at Lincoln's Inn on 14th June.

The flood of subscription renewals has eased for the moment. Will have to get down to reviewing unpaid lists for last year.

The Newsletter is published at last and is landing on the doormats as I write. We apologise for the delay but Lisa has had a very busy summer with all the press and TV interest in the Islands for the 30th Anniversary of the conflict.

And still it goes on - the latest incident involves a film clip transmitted on many Argentine TV channels showing Fernando Zylberberg, captain of the Argentine men's national hockey team, running through the streets of Stanley (not an Islander in sight!). There is no commentary but the strap lines at the end say "To compete on English soil we train on Argentine soil" . Seems to me a clear breach of the International Olympic Committee rules which say“No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas. The film clearly has Argentine Governnment blessing as it is also published on the Casa Rosada YouTube site. You can watch the film at

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSlyQp9NAoM&feature=youtu.be

It has also been suggested that the Argentine teams at the London Olympics will be wearing badges stating "Malvinas son Argentinas" also in clear breach of the IOC rules. It does seem possible that the politicisation of the Olympics in this way could lead to the teams being disqualified.