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Had Corporate failed then there would have been no option but to call a vote of no confidence and force an election.

There is no certainty that Labour would win that election ('the longest suicide note in history'), but it would have altered a lot of British history after that point if Thatcher had been toppled by her Party (again, uncertain given the lack of contenders at that time and her ideology was propelling the Tories forward at that time).

The whole Falklands issue to me is a sad affair, it need never have turned out the way it did. Britain has a tendency to dig its heels in when it comes to certain "colonial" matters - like the return of the Chagos islanders which seems again to be off the table, Britain will never negotiate now given the blood and treasure invested in the islands. It's a shame that two nations who were very close allies and trading partners for a long time ended up at loggerheads over a few scrappy bits of rock (yes there may be juicy oil down there but nobody has got to it yet and when anyone does it will probably be an American or Chinese corporation that does).