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when a country asks to be annexed the answer isn't often no but in the case of Moltar in 1955 when it asks to become a formal part of the United Kingdom the answer was just that but why why did in Britain annex Malta despite it asking for it so after World War Two Malta remained a part of the British Empire as a crown colony with some limited self-government as the Cold War got off the ground Britain was under immense pressure from both the United States and the USSR to decolonize and it wasn't long before the UK asked what was to be done with Malta since his position was somewhat unique like many parts of the British Empire motor cost money to maintain whereas unlike many parts of the British Empire motor was extremely valuable strategically since his position in the middle of the Mediterranean meant that it made a prime naval base in 1950 Malta held elections and a man called Enrico Mitzi of the Maltese Nationalist Party was elected prime minister for three months before he died and was succeeded by Giorgio Borg Olivier whose primary policy was advocating for motor to become an independent nation the relationship between Borg Olivier and the British government was made more difficult when he almost bankrupted the country in three years by spending everything on vote winning policies as such he asked the British government for more money whilst also demanding more autonomy which shockingly strained relations so at this point Malta is on the same course as most other British colonies that of discontent in independence yet in 1955 Malta had an election which saw it elect a new Prime Minister Dom in Toth who proposed an alternative idea allow motor to join the United Kingdom the British government was very happy with this idea because it meant that they could keep this colony in America in the USSR couldn't be angry because it was democratic and so both sides quickly began discussions on how to annex Moltar into the UK the idea was that it would become a constituent nation of the United Kingdom and it would hold a position similar to that of Northern Ireland with its own local representation as well as having three members of parliament now mint off wasn't being silly when he proposed this since he knew that motor was instrumental to British defense policy and was fully aware of motors financial problems if multiple part of the United Kingdom the Maltese would have access to British social programs and they would have a small voice in maintaining British defense spending on the island in 1956 Malta held a nationwide referendum on whether or not it should join the United Kingdom which yes won with 77 percent of the vote on 60 percent turnout so given that the British man wanted Malta to join the UK the Maltese government wanted Malta to join the UK and the public referendum had affirmed the Maltese people's position why didn't Malta actually join the United Kingdom well there were several reasons the first was that membership of the United Kingdom was conditional on Malta reining in its spending and limiting the government there to only a small budget deficit which meant off rejected and soon afterwards resigned in protest the second reason was that there were many in the British government who were concerned that multi join in the UK would set a precedent for other Imperial territories and the third reason was over the course of the 1950s British defense needs changed the motors importance as a naval base declined rapidly with these Britain's interest in annexing the country faded away since it was going to subsidize the island for very little in return and so in the end negotiations were called off from Britain refused to annex Malta and in 1964 Malta gained its independence I hope you enjoyed this episode and a special thanks to all my patreon supporters James vis annette marvin castle a man of culture kelly moneymaker danny Meloni Jon biscuit Rob Waterhouse Mo Aaron the white James Castaneda Gustav Swan Jordan long ray Marcus Ozma spinning three plates cooling Castleman filled oink-oink Rashid Ali David Silverman easy Maggie packs Kowski Spencer Lightfoot Winston K word Robert Wetzel Lexi Schwinn Anthony Beckett and Skye Chappell I think of it as motors declaration of dependence