An MP has called for Argentina players who held up a banner referencing the Falkland Islands to be banned from playing in the World Cup final.
After beating England, members of Lionel Scaloni's side held up a banner reading 'Las Malvinas son Argentinas', 'the Malvinas are Argentine'.
Downing Street has called for a FIFA investigation, with a spokeswoman for Keir Starmer saying: "The World Cup might not be ours, but the Falkland Islands definitely are".
One Labour MP has called for those who held up the banner referencing the dispute islands to be banned from playing in the final.
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Paulette Hamilton, who represents Birmingham Erdington, was asked on the Jeremy Vine Show about a tweet by Nigel Farage which referenced the 1982 Falklands War.
While she said the Reform UK leader should not have posted the message, she condemned the Argentina players for their own response.
Mrs Hamilton said: "The Falklands belong to us and the people of the Falklands want the Falklands to belong to us.
"They class themselves as British and Argentina keeps stoking that.
"It's as if they were rubbing salt into the wounds..."@PauletteHamilto thinks that the Argentine players who held the Falklands banner after last night's match should be banned from playing in the World Cup final.@Mattallwright | #MattAllwright pic.twitter.com/mPzMfbn1un
— Jeremy Vine & Daytime on 5 (@JeremyVineOn5) July 16, 2026
"The Falklands belongs to the UK, people died to secure that and at the end of the day they (Argentines) may want to believe what they believe but they are wrong.
"They owe us an apology because they shouldn't have brought politics into that football game, it's as if they were rubbing salt into the wounds but not only that, whoever held that banner, whoever went and took that banner from people in the crowd and held it, they should not be allowed the privilege to play in the final.
"I'm praying that once FIFA has looked at this that the fine that is given is so large it will deter people from doing it in the future."
It comes after a GB News presenter urged Mr Starmer to intervene and have England reinstated to the tournament.
Bev Turner said: "Genuinely, if our country had any testicular fortitude now Starmer would be on the phone to FIFA saying, 'I thought that was something you weren't allowed to do'. Kick them out, we're in the World Cup final.
"But he won't do that, no-one gives a... no-one cares, no-one's got any fight in them, everyone's happy with... look at the statements from Starmer, that Starmer statement talking about 'we're really proud of the players'. Great, whatever, we didn't win.
"Why isn't he saying that political statement is outrageous and we should be in the final. That's what Trump would do, he'd say 'our boys deserve to be in the final because you're not allowed to do that'."
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