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As the New Year dawns

Carmen Gomez Diary

Come the New Year, it’s a time to plan for the year ahead. In the life of this small nation of ours, I would like to think that we not only leave behind us certain negative attitudes which have troubled us incessantly; but be resolute in our resolve to demand that the UK give us clear and concise answers to our questions.  Read more

Take what’s ours while we still can

Mark Twain once said that “There was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering and that was the fact that it is past and can’t be restored.” This is something we would like Spanish citizens, but more so its politicians, to think about for a while, digest, and then come to the conclusion, that in the same way that they can’t change many things about their country because they are part of their culture; likewise, they can’t possibly change our ways, because that too is part of our culture. Read more

We really have little choice

It was in 2011, that the then Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister said that Spain could not stop the arrival of submarines in Gibraltar, but that Britain as a partner and ally, could adopt a more constructive and cooperative attitude. Spain, a country that has never worried at paralyzing the community to protect her position over Gibraltar on air liberalization; external frontiers control etc; argued what right we had to export bilateral problems to a multilateral organization such as NATO, where decisions had to be taken unanimously; this after they themselves had brought the proceedings on maritime and air routes to and from Gibraltar.  Read more

More than words from May needed to protect our sovereignty!

At the start of the five-day withdrawal debate proper, Theresa May in her opening intervention again made reference to Gibraltar referring to the EU Summit, she said, “right at the end, when Spain tried to make a move on Gibraltar, I stood firm and protected Gibraltar’s sovereignty. That is why the Chief Minister of Gibraltar has said that no friend of Gibraltar should vote this deal down”.  Read more

Far Right ‘Shame in Spain’ But why all the Local Alarm?

On Sunday Spain, unsurprisingly, became the latest European nation to make a far-right surge joining the extreme right wing political movements sweeping through Europe over the past few years. 

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How to protect our sovereign waters: STOP illegal fishing and incursions

PART 1: EU leaders last week at a special Brexit summit formally agreed to back Prime Minister Theresa May’s withdrawal package, which now faces furious opposition in the British Parliament. 

Sanchez Beating Gibraltar Sovereignty Drum

Last weekend’s summit was overshadowed by the ‘Gibraltar sovereignty drum beating’ by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Read more

Road Safety or Law of the Jungle?

Does something like a traffic management and enforcement plan exists or is this The Law of the Jungle? Read more

Yelling at the telly

Gill on Gib

With all the political drama that has being going on recently, and no one really knowing what is happening, it was a bit like the Ockey cokey last weekend, In, out, In, Out, shake it all about. I gave up following it all, and thought to myself, "Enough" and switched off by refusing to speculate or believe one side or the other. At one point it appeared that both sides disagreed and were going to sign an agreement to contradict their statements. The world has gone mad.  Read more