An unpopular leader, a poorly-performing economy, high inflation, a corrupted constitution, an election on the horizon?
Must be time to distract the electorate with a bout of nationalistic fervour over some small islands in the South Atlantic.
Last time an Argentine leader tried to involve Britain in a dispute over the Falklands in order to save his bacon, the result was two stonking Tory election victories.
Bring it on.
The official Downing Street response to the challenge was “Come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough”.
Well, OK, it wasn’t. But it should have been.
I thought DC did very well on the “taking the moral high-ground” front. I’m sure there are some very unkind comparisons to be made between Thatcher and Kirchner…