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The Labour leader has called for “accommodation” for Argentina in the islands - despite 99.8 per cent of the inhabitants wanting to remain British.

Mr Corbyn declared any discussions over the future of the Falklands should give inhabitants an “enormous say”, but stopped short of giving them a veto.

Just off the coast of Argentina, the islands have been British sovereign territory for more than 150 years, with Margaret Thatcher’s government going to war over them in 1982.

Some 255 British soldiers died, and ownership of the island has been hotly contested by Argentina ever since.

The left-wing MP has now called for a “discussion” with the south American country, taking into account the wishes of the islanders.