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“Good morning. This is IsAC’s Foreign Affairs correspondent Ron Knee reporting on recent comments made by one José Manuel Albares.
‘Who he?’ I hear you ask. Well Albares is Spain’s Foreign Minister, and he’s puffing out his chest and sounding off on the subject of Gibraltar. Again. He’s threatening the UK with ‘a hard border’ unless we accept Spain’s ‘generous’ post-Brexit deal on border regulation. This could mean, amongst other things, that The Rock (in full ownership and control of Britain since the Treaty of Utrecht) would become part of the EU’s Schengen Area, and that Spanish troops could be stationed there.
Now of course there has to be border regulation between Spain and Gibraltar, and Albares says that sovereignty isn’t at issue, but I don’t believe that’s what Albares and the Spanish government are really about here. No, this is about them trying to ratchet up tensions again and increase their presence and influence over Gibraltar, as part of their long-term aim of taking sovereignty over the territory. In their eyes, it’s a real opportunity to chip away at the territory’s standing. Whatever the final arrangements agreed, the demands for concessions won’t stop coming.
Our Beloved Leader Sir Keir Two-tier recently asserted that British sovereignty of The Rock was not up for discussion, but after The Chagos Islands episode, are the Spanish sensing weakness and lack of resolution? This remains to be seen, but one thing is certain in my mind; regardless of the wishes of Gibraltar’s population, Spain sees Gibraltar as its possession.
Well Senor José, why not set us a good example? Why don’t you hand back Ceuta and Melilla to Morocco for starters? What’s good for the goose and all that. Until then, allow me to say ‘vete a la mierda, cabrón’. With a flagpole.
This is Ron Knee, for IsAC, returning you to the studio”.
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