Tag: Emily Thornberry

• Thursday, September 29th 2016 - 12:18 UTC

  Labour fully backs Gibraltar's self determination, says shadow foreign secretary

  

  Britain's Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry has said the Labour Party fully backs the Self Determination of the People of Gibraltar, and the Rock must continue to enjoy the benefits from its membership of the EU.

• Monday, September 12th 2016 - 06:52 UTC

  Gibraltar celebrates National Day defiantly:“if Brexit means Brexit, then British means British”

  

  Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo sent a firm message on Saturday, 10 September, the Rock's National Day, which was accompanied by strong support messages from the UK and a visiting delegation of MPs from all parties in Westminster

• Sunday, April 3rd 2016 - 06:56 UTC

  “Falklands remains well protected” says MoD brushing aside London media claims

  The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense (MoD) has rubbished claims that the Falkland Islands have been left without protection, due to the absence of a British warship (frigate or destroyer) permanently based in the south Atlantic. The MoD defended itself following reports that the Falkland Islands were “without the protection of a British frigate or destroyer for the first time since the conflict in 1982”.