Meanings
plural Falklands factors
- governmentA distinguishing trait that helps a party or faction win popular approval, other than their general policies.
In the event, a Conservative victory in the 1987 election did not need a 'Falklands factor', but it might be asked here: What kind of citizenship is possible in a society where young, black British-born citizens are stigmatized as an enemy […]
1992, Eileen Baglin Jones, Neville Jones, Education for Citizenship, page 411 more example
With Arthur it was clearly the Falklands factor writ large. Actions such as organizing and building the Wansdyke or Cadbury 11 (the refortification) would have strengthened the authority and extended the power of whichever king was the organizer.
2003, Rodney Castleden, King Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend
Origin
In reference to the success of the British Conservative Party after the winning of the Falklands War.
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