Malta Integrated with the UK 1956

I will repeat two questions I asked earlier:

*What would become of the Maltese language?

Seriously - how will this unique language fare post-1956, in the case of a union with the UK?

*How would Malta under Britain handle environmental and development issues?

Considering that Malta today, in OTL, has big environmental problems, due to overdevelopment.
 
Language:
I wouldn't imagine it being any different.

Environment:
No clue. I didn't know Malta had problems
 
A timeline for just Britain would very interesting. MPs from Gibralter, Malta, Falklands, Bermuda. Interesting stuff.

Nah you wouldn't get MPs from any of those other places, or from HK, Seychelles or Bahamas or whereever - Malta was unique the rest either wouldn't have any desire to go for it, or be welcome, or the geopolitical situation would not allow it.

I suppose Singapore would have an outside chance, but given it's non white majority would still be unlikely to say the least.
 
Onto Malta - a few questions:

*What would become of the Maltese language?
Think Welsh. Seriously, a matter of local pride and co-official at least in the sense of language lessons and signage.
*Could Malta have a similar status as the Channel Islands?
Nope. The last scraps of the Duchy of Normandy have a really odd relationship to the British Crown (think Hanover writ small and with a lot more sentiment behind it).
*How would Malta under Britain handle environmental and development issues?
No clue.

One interesting thought is that a lot may be drafted to help keep the peace in Northern Ireland (90-odd% Catholic, and loyal to the Crown).

Now Singapore getting in on the action, that would be an interesting thought.

HTG
 
Think Welsh. Seriously, a matter of local pride and co-official at least in the sense of language lessons and signage.

Well, Maltese was co-official with English starting in the 1920s/1930s, as an attempt to reduce the primacy of Italian, so that could probably work.

Nope. The last scraps of the Duchy of Normandy have a really odd relationship to the British Crown (think Hanover writ small and with a lot more sentiment behind it).

Ah, makes sense.

One interesting thought is that a lot may be drafted to help keep the peace in Northern Ireland (90-odd% Catholic, and loyal to the Crown).

That is, if anyone in Northern Ireland could understand what any of the Maltese are saying when they don't speak English. ;):D
 
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