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What the world witnesses about Spain is a shadow play

It’s interesting how, when Spanish environmental groups like Agaden, Verdemar and Greenpeace, present a document to do with finding ways to mitigate, what they consider to be dire environmental situations affecting the Bay of Gibraltar, they always relate the lack of attention given to this, to disagreements between Spain, the UK and Gibraltar. Read more

Ironic that it is the EU which is behind clampdowns on piracy or 'card-sharing'

Dear Sir,

Well, at the risk of saying 'I told you so', I told you so.

After years of listening to howls of outrage and whataboutery when I questioned the legality of Sky and other channels being available in Gibraltar, and at little or no cost compared to the UK, there are now outpourings of misplaced entitlement after Sky channels had to be removed by U-Mee and GibFibreSpeed, with one man interviewed on GBC saying: 'We've had it so long, why did they have to do this? That's what gets me angry!'  Read more

What kind of world are we living in?

I heard over the festive season; as passers-by were briefly interviewed on TV as to whether they did their Christmas shopping in stores or on the Internet; one woman say that she had no time to go shopping, so she preferred to buy online and have it brought to her doorstep. Read more

Agency workers in the public service

Dear Sirs,

I refer to the ongoing debate on the exploitation of agency workers within the public service. I use the term public service advisably because while there are approximately 32 agency workers in the Civil Service, there are hundreds in the wider public service (e.g. the care agency and other Government agencies and authorities). That is worth bearing in mind when the Government commits itself to tackle the problem within the Civil Service but remains silent in respect of the wider public service.  Read more

Employment agencies

Dear Sir,

Firstly, I would make it clear that I do not belong to any political party. The opinions expressed are my own.

This is in reference the employment agencies that have been established in Gibraltar.  Read more

Moaning about the Main Street cycle path

GILL ON GIB

I am the first one to moan about the cycle path in Main Street. Not because I’m anti cyclist nor do I have a problem with bikes, its pedestrians and cyclists together that I squirm at, predicting a serious accident.  Read more

Are we all in an advanced state of political and moral decay?

When authoritarian solutions become increasingly popular in countries like Spain, it’s the result of great discontent which has helped bring the far right influence into politics; whose ideology is very foreign to ours and can end up affecting our trajectory. Embedded in the same system and subjected to the same pressures, political parties in Spain are squeezing and warping political life. But much the same is happening in the UK; with promises unkempt; lies veiled in truths; talk of gloom and doom; all of which can push the ordinary man in the street into a corner; where he finds himself in a quandary and worse still, sees himself unable to find a way out. It feels as if we are all in an advanced state of political and moral decay.  Read more

Poor New Year honours

It has been a poor New Year honours awards for Gibraltar. In fact, only one award could truly be regarded as a Queen's honour award.

An official statement about the awards said: "Her Majesty The Queen has granted the following National Honours..."  Read more