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We must stop dragging our out of date baggage behind us

Now that the foreign affairs committee of the Moroccan parliament have passed two laws to “re-actualize” the limits of its territorial waters; aimed to assert its sovereignty over its entire maritime coasts; perhaps its time for us to once again urge the UK Government to do likewise. Read more

It’s for Great Britain to find a solution

Not wishing to dwell too much on the subject, nevertheless the issue needs our attention because it causes unrest in our midst, and like a cancer, can spread through a country where at present there is great dissatisfaction with its lot. I speak of the party Vox; a party whose leaders are concerned with flattering the prejudices of the mob, and their own. Some time back, the Spanish people were more or less content with their circumstances, because they were resigned to a restricted and artificial range of emotions, taking things as they found them.  Read more

Gibraltar must help Australia NOW

Australia is suffering a never-ending forest fire. Over a million animals have died and hundreds of homes destroyed. People have also died and there is no sign of this curse subsiding.

Australia was the only country at the United Nations in 1965-1966 that spoke in favour of our decolonisation and against the Spanish insistence that we be handed over to Spain.  Read more

It is time for a showdown

Sometimes it’s hard to believe that the EU stands for what it purports to do; an association of sovereign states designed to further their shared aims. I doubt that there are many shared aims; it’s more a case of each member state furthering their own agendas and yes, getting the backing of the EU to rubber stamp their goals.  Read more

The end of an Era, or perhaps not

After what seems a decade shaped by the introduction into our lives of a nightmare called Brexit, and the overwhelming desire by the peoples of the world; not so much its governments; to introduce new ways to try and halt climate change; it feels like the end of an era to me. Yet it isn’t. The question is whether this end of an era, will usher in the possibility of completing something satisfactorily, either on the Brexit front, or the convincement of certain governments to have the political will to change their ways and if not halt, at least delay climate change for now. Immediately after the UK election results, the mood in the EU towards Britain was no longer “you are out in the cold,” but, “what we now look for is close cooperation.” I once hard a local politician say that women talked too much; I believe it’s the politicians themselves who are over verbose, when they are made to feel uncomfortable.  Read more

Improvements at Post Office

Dear Sir,

Our Royal Gibraltar Post Office often comes under complaints, whether incoming or outgoing mail the Postie is going to get it in the neck!

Have you noticed the beautification of the Post Office building? The Irish Town box section has had a makeover, not only has it been refurbished but large prints have been put on display along the corridor also all private Post Boxes have been painted.  Read more

Those cannons

Dear Sir,

Read with interest the article that appeared in the Panorama of the 11th of December 2019 reference to the 2 historical cannons that are placed on our historical fortress wall ,actually, Orange Bastion area next to the The American War Memorial.

I would like to say that those 2 cannons that have been mentioned in the article (in set photo) are not the Crimea War ones as it has been referred to.  Read more

Who has actually benefitted from all this chaos?

Gibraltar’s Chief minister said some time back “ I think we’ve agreed enough of the substance of the practical arrangements between us, the UK, the EU and Spain, that we might seek to put in place some sort of safety net.” I believe the Government has by now achieved this, and no doubt our community is much relieved to hear it. We all need to feel secure, especially now with what has been going down.  Read more