The Belgrano was a War Fine | Margaret Thatcher & The Falklands (Part 3/6)

Fin vs History

Fin Taylor & Horatio Gould

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4.7 • 990 Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Finn versus history. It's war.
0:17.3	I'm with a ratio called this.
0:19.3	This is our, what is this part three
0:21.9	The Empire Strikes Back
0:24.2	Part three of Thatcher and the Falklands
0:25.7	We're in the heat of war
0:26.8	The Argentines
0:27.9	Those slippery gaucho fucks
0:29.9	Have invaded our islands
0:31.3	Those filthy argys
0:32.6	They're on our border
0:33.6	Our southern border
0:34.4	And Argy Bargy in the South Atlantic
0:37.1	And there is shock in
0:38.8	London following Governor Hunt, that brave man with an ostrich feather. Yeah. His surrender in Port
0:44.0	Stanley. And what does Mummy say? What does mummy say? Mummy is up at the crack of dawn as usual.
0:50.6	And is this a quote from her right here? Yes. Sixth before six a. could... I could not believe it. There is what our people, our islands. Our people are islands. Now the foreign secretary immediately resigns. Fair enough. It never happens anymore. Is it because he should have been protecting them? Or is it the job's too big for him? I think it's just that, right.
1:11.2	It's quite embarrassing.
1:12.2	He says he takes full responsibility for failure to force the invasion. Okay, fair enough. Is this Lord Carrington, who I believe is one of the best foreign secretaries supposedly that we ever have? Really? He's meant to be like top talent and he immediately resigns. Fair enough. Because of some... A gentleman. Because some scrap metal dealers have taken South Georgia
1:26.8	And he goes, right, I can't, I can't go on
1:29.0	Nowadays, this disgrace
1:30.1	I should kill myself
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