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Should Dave Be Going To Gib?
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No doubt he's going try and scare the bejesus out them by some sort of "threat" but surely the status of Gib is not an issue here is it?
No doubt he's going try and scare the bejesus out them by some sort of "threat" but surely the status of Gib is not an issue here is it?
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The status of Gibraltar is very much an issue!
Spain wants the UK out and Gibraltar back as part of Spain. That will be a lot easier to argue if we and therefor Gibraltar are out of the EU. Conversely it is much harder to achieve while Spain and Gibraltar are both members of the EU.
The status of Gibraltar is one of the main points of the 'Remain' campaine.
Which is why 'Dave' was going, not to threaten but to reassure them that we will never let the Spanish have 'The Rock'. However leaving the EU will make our claim on Gibraltar weaker.
Spain wants the UK out and Gibraltar back as part of Spain. That will be a lot easier to argue if we and therefor Gibraltar are out of the EU. Conversely it is much harder to achieve while Spain and Gibraltar are both members of the EU.
The status of Gibraltar is one of the main points of the 'Remain' campaine.
Which is why 'Dave' was going, not to threaten but to reassure them that we will never let the Spanish have 'The Rock'. However leaving the EU will make our claim on Gibraltar weaker.
Gibralter is very pro-EU. Cameron was going there not to scare them, but to encourage as many of them as possible to vote. They are expecting a high tirnout, with most people voting to stay. There is little doubt of the result in Gibralter, and it is in the Remainers interest to milk every drop of Stay votes there.
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By all accounts, Gibraltar is united in its desire for the UK to remain a member of the EU. A poll published last Friday by the Gibraltar Chronicle, the local newspaper, found that 88 per cent of the population would back EU membership in the referendum on June 23. Turnout is expected to be above 80 per cent. //
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By all accounts, Gibraltar is united in its desire for the UK to remain a member of the EU. A poll published last Friday by the Gibraltar Chronicle, the local newspaper, found that 88 per cent of the population would back EU membership in the referendum on June 23. Turnout is expected to be above 80 per cent. //
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Spain has laid siege to Gibraltar several times over the years. Even to day Spain makes access to and from Gibraltar as difficult as possible.
As there is virtually no work in Gibraltar , it is just 6 Kilometers Sq , the population has to cross the border into Spain every day to get to work. Long queues are the norm as Spanish border controls make unnecessary checks, just to waste time. If we leave the EU Spain is expected to close the only land crossing point and put Gibraltar effectively 'under siege' once again.
They can not close the land border as long as the EU and Spain are both in the EU !. That is why Gibraltar is so pro British and pro EU !
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Spain has laid siege to Gibraltar several times over the years. Even to day Spain makes access to and from Gibraltar as difficult as possible.
As there is virtually no work in Gibraltar , it is just 6 Kilometers Sq , the population has to cross the border into Spain every day to get to work. Long queues are the norm as Spanish border controls make unnecessary checks, just to waste time. If we leave the EU Spain is expected to close the only land crossing point and put Gibraltar effectively 'under siege' once again.
They can not close the land border as long as the EU and Spain are both in the EU !. That is why Gibraltar is so pro British and pro EU !
I suspect they are concerned about the gate to Spain being closed or long queues checking papers. But our PM has a perfect right to speak to them, Gibraltar is a British overseas territory and the citizens there are British. Spain's objections merely demonstrate their unreasonable attitude to the rights of the Gibraltarians.
Legally, outside of the EU, the UK claim on Gibraltar must remain indisputable by any reasonable person, since nothing has changed to effect it. But outside the EU, Spanish envy may not be so tempered, causing friction.
Legally, outside of the EU, the UK claim on Gibraltar must remain indisputable by any reasonable person, since nothing has changed to effect it. But outside the EU, Spanish envy may not be so tempered, causing friction.
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