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“The Spanish flag will never fly over Gibraltar, neither in four or 4.000 years ”
Neither in four years or in 4,000 or any other longer time, the Spanish flag will never fly over Gibraltar. It’s “No way, Jose”, so get used to it”, was the direct and clear message from Chief Minister Fabian Picardo to the Caretaker Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo who on Wednesday night vowed to “plant his flag on Gibraltar”. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesSpain setting itself up, again, for massive loss of face!
Oct 08th, 2016 - 11:40 am - Link - Report abuse +2Surely it's gets repetitive?
Spain deserves everything it gets,
Oct 08th, 2016 - 11:56 am - Link - Report abuse +1just a shame the government treats them with children's gloves.
Just wait til the Catalans get going. Then they will have to tackle Self Determination and democratic rights head on.
Oct 08th, 2016 - 02:38 pm - Link - Report abuse +1The country that can't even assemble a government trying to imitate the failures of Argentina.
Oct 08th, 2016 - 02:49 pm - Link - Report abuse +1El fracàs d’Espanya.
Bé dit, el meu amic!
Oct 08th, 2016 - 04:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Is Spain a member of the Warsaw pact ??
Oct 08th, 2016 - 06:55 pm - Link - Report abuse +1Today they allowed another Russian destroyer in Ceuta to refuel
and rest for a couple of days.
@1 “Spain setting itself up, again, for massive loss of face!”
Oct 08th, 2016 - 07:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And not just its face.
Gollum, promoted from Gollum 2 on the demise of the Argentine Foreign Minister following TMBOA being chucked out, needs to be careful with his bragging.
Oct 08th, 2016 - 07:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0They may just get a government together (ha, ha, ha) and then he would have to put his money where his mouth is or suffer the indignity of someone planting that same flag up his backside.
I would pay money to see that. :o)
@8 ”I would pay money to see that. :o)”
Oct 08th, 2016 - 09:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 07.5 million catalanes would likely be willing to pay a few pessetes for the same spectacle.
Salut i pessetes
Que tot el demés i els espanyols
són punyetes
This Margallo seems increasingly delusional, not to mention obsessed, still thinking he can dictate an agenda which he will actually have little or no say in.
Oct 09th, 2016 - 01:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Planning his “Rewengy” on Picardo, must be keeping him awake at nights, as well as occupying all his waking hours.
When he realises what’s happening with Catalunya, he will probably snap completely, straight jacket, padded cell, food in a bowl, foaming at the mouth.
“This Margallo seems increasingly delusional,....”
Oct 09th, 2016 - 04:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Spain, Argentina, and North Korea are so far the only fully-compliant graduates of the United Nations International School of Sustainable Delusion.
Spain, Argentina, and North Korea
Oct 09th, 2016 - 07:47 pm - Link - Report abuse +1S A N K
SANK, All three of them. lol
In the absence of a legitimate government in Spain perhaps the Gibraltar government can run things on Spain's behalf.
Oct 10th, 2016 - 05:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0Gibraltar existed for over a hundred years before the European Steel and Coal Community, it will exist for many years after that community has gone.
A sovereignty claim without a case can only be described as an illegitimate claim and w 0 r t h l e s s.
Oct 10th, 2016 - 11:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0Good for propaganda purposes and for those who feel the need to be fooled:https://www.academia.edu/10575180/Gibraltar_-_Some_Relevant_International_Law
https://fullfact.org/europe/uk-eu-trade/
Oct 10th, 2016 - 06:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Of the EU countries in 2014, it seems Spain had the second biggest trade surplus with the UK, £12bn, after Germany with a surplus of £27bn.
Before you include tourist and retired Brits living in Spain.
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