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Lidington and Picardo review EU timetable to end delays at Spain/Gibraltar border
On welcoming Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, UK minister for Europe David Lidington reaffirmed the strong bonds with Gibraltar and London's commitment to stand by the people of the Rock, while calling on Spain to implement EU recommendations to reduce border delays. Read full article
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May 16th, 2014 - 11:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0as long as the EU turns a bling eye to Spanish actions,
are you just looking for excuses not to take action as it might upset someone,
yet without excuse or question if the shoe was on the other foot, the euro looniest would be screaming at us, and taking us to court by now,
if you want something done, DO it your self...
“It is now six months since the European Commission sent recommendations aimed at easing the delays at the border between Gibraltar and Spain“
May 16th, 2014 - 11:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0wot?
”EU says 'no evidence' Spain violated rules on Gibraltar border controls”
http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20131115/bruselas-dictamina-espana-vulnera-normas-endurecer-controles-gibraltar/792643.shtml
llanitos are a bunch of smugglers, most of all pigardo.
the border must be strongly controlled. or closed.
The real fun begins when Spains recession ends.
May 16th, 2014 - 12:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 03 Vestige
May 16th, 2014 - 02:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0When is that going to happen?
They are already hobbling the economy of Andalusia by their actions.
@2 paulcedron
May 16th, 2014 - 03:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Any further tightening of the border by the Spanish is simply not an option in the EU, never mind the UK economic leverage on Spain.
Eventually the Spanish are going to have to eat shit on this.
@3
When the recession ends in Spain (eventually it must), there won’t be a Spain as Catalunya will secede.
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May 16th, 2014 - 05:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0until now, the only certainty is that there won't be a great britain or uk or whatever is the name of that association, as scotland will secede
#6
May 16th, 2014 - 05:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Clutching at straws there young man.
clyde, you are scottish, aren´t you?
May 16th, 2014 - 05:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0do you prefer an independent scotland or not?
@6 paulcedron
May 16th, 2014 - 05:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If indeed it does, it will make little or no difference to us, business as usual.
Spain on the other hand will fall apart, and most likely into abject poverty.
Gib will have to close its borders faced with a flood of refugees, who will probably end up taking boats across the Med.
gibraltar, like any other parasite territory, is an unwanted neighbor.
May 16th, 2014 - 05:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0who could think of migrating to gibraltar?
nobody...except the british.
in the end it is just a stinky rock inhabited by stinky monkeys and llanitos.
their economic potential is even smaller than the bolivian.
10 niño Troll
May 16th, 2014 - 06:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Gib has the competence to fulfil their potential, unlike some States.
@10
May 16th, 2014 - 06:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You jealous little monkey.
@2 So you admit that argieshitland has lost and now needs a “back-door” approach. You DO understand “back-door” don't you? It's that feeling of personal “occupation”. You'll be far more familiar than I. Anyone that tried to “occupy” me would be dead in seconds. Probably with its head and other parts ripped off.
May 16th, 2014 - 07:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@6 What a shame for your ignorance. You thick git. How about the United Kingdom of England, Wales and Northern Ireland? We could even change the status of the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. The Orkney and Shetland Islands. The United Kingdom of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Islands. See how easy it is for a REAL nation!
@10 So why do your stinky predecessors want it? I've driven through spain. It truly stinks. I wonder whether, like argieland, they've heard of toilets. It's true that, eventually, you stop noticing. Bit like working in a sewage works.
10,
May 16th, 2014 - 07:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0one always hate what they cant have,
Spain has no more rights over them, than Argentina has over the Falkland's,
one day both of you will learn to live with what you have, rather than what others have.
@2 paulie
May 17th, 2014 - 12:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0Your ignorance is stunning!
If the border was closed the economic impact on local Spanish towns/villages would be devastating.
Children would go hungry. The adults would be unemployed and crime would rise drastically.
Do you care about your Spanish brethern? Or do you just love to post any randon anti-British bullshit here?
Fool.
these kelpers are as funny as the llanitos.
May 17th, 2014 - 01:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0they think that a rock or a pair of islets with ...monkeys and penguins as their main asset can cause a devastating economic impact on neighbor countries. LOL
but the funniest thing is that they whine the whole time because the argentinians, spanish, irish, chagossian, etc want their lands back.
guess it is the price you have to pay if you want to live as a squatter.
and a parasite.
so, stop whining pigardo.
4 - Troy.
May 17th, 2014 - 01:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0Exactly .... “when”.
Not 'if'.
The only people the Spanish government is their own people.
May 17th, 2014 - 02:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0Just another populist diatribe that will end in the status quo.
Paulie, do you know how many Spanish regularly commute into Gibralter to work and earn?
Just google it, I am bored of trying to educate you.
No one is 'whining' the Brits know what they have and will defend it from the populists who only seek to defend their own failings.
@10
May 17th, 2014 - 05:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0It is a sitnky rock you say, then why the fuck do you want it? The same applies to the FALKLANDS, if you feel it is full of stinky penquins why do you want it?
Pathetic tool.
@18
Well put Sir.
10. The same could be said of Spain. 3rd rate country living off the over generosity of EU development funds and handouts. There's some absurd aspect in Latin culture that makes these bozos who are so bloody useless at running their own countries go about claiming other peoples lands. The unfortunate fact is that Gibraltar is a far lovelier and more affluent place than any Spanish towns on the other side of the border. Crossing from La Linea into Gibraltar is not just like leaving the third world its also like travelling out of the dark past. There is a huge gap between GDP per capita in Gibraltar and GDP per capita in Spain and an even greater gap between the poor towns in the Cadiz region (I think Gibraltars GDP per Capita is over 3X the size of Cadiz ). If a nations ultimate success is based upon the talents and actions of its peoples and on that basis Gibraltar is going to be fine. Not sure about Spain though, bankrupt country living off EU handouts, mismanaged by a bunch of corrupt nationalist thugs who seem determined to antagonise the one country which spends the most money in Spain. Dumb...very, very dumb.
May 17th, 2014 - 08:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0Nice to see that Gibraltar's very existence irritates paulcedron so much.
May 17th, 2014 - 10:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0@10 paulcedron
May 17th, 2014 - 01:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yet, by any measure, the Gibraltarians and the Falklanders live comparatively well.
Whilst both Spain and Argentina are, by every measure, in the shit big time, even when compared to Bolivia.
No amount of abuse, can change who’s laughing in this and who’s crying.
Let me give you a clue: BAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
@16 paulcedron
May 17th, 2014 - 04:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0From where do you get all your false information?
@16
May 18th, 2014 - 10:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“they think that a rock or a pair of islets with ...monkeys and penguins as their main asset can cause a devastating economic impact on neighbor countries. LOL”
No mate, the devastating impact on neighbour countries are caused by the neighbouring countries own incompetence and inability to run themselves.
The reason Spain controls the border is because there are many crooks in that 12 squared kilometres called Gibraltar.Ever heard of the Winston boys?? no??! well any Gibraltan can tell you who they are.Here is a little but good coverage of The Winston boys and others in Gibraltar.
May 18th, 2014 - 10:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/fears-grow-over-gibraltars-drugrunners-1387434.
If the link does not work google it...nice reading on undercover journalism.
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
May 19th, 2014 - 03:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0As it is impossibly that Spain doesn't have its own share of lawbreakers, you can hardly make believe that Gibraltar is more lawless.
I'm sure Isabel Carrasco would agree with me.... if she hadn't been shot dead last week.
What has Isabel Carrasco got to do with this??!! The crime was a personal vendetta between Carrasco and the daughter of the killer who was upset because her darling daughter had been sacked by Carrasco and she took it upon herself to take revenge on Carrasco.What we are dealing with is organised crime in Gibraltar which is increasing ten fold as we speak............
May 19th, 2014 - 10:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0There is so much mafia dealings in Gibraltar that some cases are slowly appearing on the press. The latest case was that of Lodewijk Severein and Ingeid Visser both Dutch nationals brutally murdered in Spain by organised crime.It has just been discovered that these two had an off shore account in Gibraltar worth millions registered under the name Granmar Trade Stone LTD.and this is only the tip of the iceberg....ummmmmmm
article.wn.com/view/2013/05/29/Ingrids_torture_death_mystery/
#27
May 19th, 2014 - 12:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So. there is NO organised crime in Spain. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13629390701398058#.U3kYRii8O3Y
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May 19th, 2014 - 04:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0they are stinky places no doubts, but they belong to argentina and spain in this case.
it is funny that the poor deluded english take literally a treaty signed +/- 300 years ago by a bunch of drunk kings when it suits them.
according to the same sh*tty treaty, colonia del sacramento would be portuguese right now and not uruguayan, and the british would have the monopoly of slave trading.
guess the uk was always more interested in the last point than in any other.
only the british can respect a treaty that is an apology for slavery
29 niño - anti monarchist
May 19th, 2014 - 06:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“...it is funny that the poor deluded english take literally a treaty... ”
Treaties are worded very specifically because they are legal documents conferring title or rights, designed to be taken literally.
It is funny that Spain and Argentina do not take treaties literally when it does not suit them, and attempt to “re-interpret” as they please.
It is funny that YOU think there is nothing wrong with this.
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