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Gibraltar “is not for sale and is not to be bargained away” says Boris Johnson
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has insisted that Gibraltar “will not be bargained away” during the Brexit negotiations after the UK Government came under pressure to safeguard the future of the Rock. The Foreign Secretary’s intervention came after a European Union proposal to give Madrid a veto over decisions on Gibraltar’s future after the UK has left the bloc. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesSpanish politics and Gibraltar:
Apr 03rd, 2017 - 09:28 am - Link - Report abuse +1From the top down: -
Spanish king uses the address of the UN demand to Great Britain return Gibraltar (RT 22 Sep, 2016 )
PM Rajoy- Gibraltar “this is the such territory in Europe and that affects to our own integrity territorial”, said the Mr Rajoy, saying that Britain had “ignored the mandate” of the Assembly General of the UN. (Daily Telegraph, 26 September 2013)
Foreign Minister Dastis: « I am for “Gibraltar, Spanish”, but you have to be smart. (8 feb, 2017 copeaxarquia.es).
Gibraltar - Some Relevant International Law: https://www.academia.edu/10575180/Gibraltar_-_Some_Relevant_Internationa...
Ah well.
No need for any war unless Spain are stupid enough to invade.
Apr 03rd, 2017 - 11:45 am - Link - Report abuse +1All the UK government has to do is back a Catalonian independence referendum and deny Spanish ships British waters for fishing in. That's for starters.
Just a few days in to Brexit negociations, and the UK is threatening Spain with war.
Apr 04th, 2017 - 02:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0Looks like everyone was too busy reading the BS about Spain's non existent blocking of Scotland re-joining the EU, that they never saw this coming.
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