Carmen Gomez

Carmen Gomez DIARY

Does anyone check the state of disrepair of some of our sites?

Oh dear! We appear to be so wrapt up in serious Covid matters, that maintenance of our beautiful town appears to have gone to the dogs. Read more

Where we ought to go depends very much on where we want to get to

by CARMEN GOMEZ

It would be right to say that we have had our fair share of storms as a people. The good thing is `that they end` eventually.
What’s of importance is, what effect do they have on our lives? Read more

The people want the EU to be a responsible Actor

Gonzalez Laya says, “It has been a great relief to reach an agreement with the UK, but the matter does not rest here. We still have a ways to go to on the question of Gibraltar.”  Read more

Carmen Gomez Diary

A truly admirable act of solidarity

It’s hard to assess the damage being done to the hopes and dreams of the younger generation in these times of pandemic and constant lockdowns. However, here our students are truly fortunate in having a government that helps financially to meet the costs of accommodation etc plus parents who can afford lap tops for their children.   Read more

Have we already paid a price?

“Schengen is a set of rules, procedures, and tools, including its database to which only Spain has access. Gibraltar and the United kingdom do not.” Spanish Foreign Minister Ms Arancha Gonzalez Layas.  Read more

A NEW HOPE

Governor Anderson in 1948, at a time when nearly one thousand Gibraltarian evacuees still had to be shipped back to the Rock, said “They are Europeans and the leaders are no fools.” Let’s hope that the EU picks up on this and gives us our place for who we are, and not who Spain would want us to be, or makes us out to be.   Read more

We must keep reminding a “democratic” Europe that there can be no other way

It’s too soon really to decipher anything concerning the situation we now find ourselves in, because much discussion still has to take place before any new implementation of rules which would cause a sudden change in our frontier, takes place. I know that in the New Year I was told by someone travelling into Gibraltar, that they had not seen such an amalgamation of Spanish police officers before. 

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CALL FOR MILITARY COUP IN SPAIN

Anyone who has been reading my articles since 2012, will know by now that I have often voiced my opinion on matters related to fascism in Spain and my belief that Franco’s ghost still walks amongst us; or better said amongst an undisclosed number of Spaniards who, despite everything, hold his memory in awe.  Read more

The Spain we now have to deal with beyond Brexit

Continued from previous edition

Then along came Tony Blair in 2002, who accused us of having a “schizophrenic” attitude to our status; here we go again with our status; when he tried to give Gibraltar to Spain to carry favour with EU. I’m sure that those in the EU could be forgiven for now saying the same about the British government and their attitude towards Brexit dealings. Not quite what we would have expected from politicians or ministers who surely must be aware that; unlike other overseas territories; we have long historical ties with the motherland that distinguishes us from the others, in addition to having a totally different culture and education to that of Spain. But the unfortunate thing is that they are not alone. Their conduct has prompted phrases carried in newspapers when talking about Gibraltar like “at present it is a British overseas territory.” Read more

WHAT’S THE POINT?

It appears that many in Spain; including the EU; have yet to recognize or even understand their politician’s behaviour. They appear incredulous when referring to say the many contradictions from the Madrid mayor, in relation to the pandemic rules laid down by the central government. Eventually they have had to call them by their proper name i.e. lies.  Read more