Gibraltar: Between the Rock and an increasingly hard-line place
Gibraltar: Between the Rock and an increasingly hard-line place
Gibraltar's newly-elected Chief Minister tells Harriet Alexander that the Rock will not shake under Spanish pressure.
Fabian Picardo's office is surrounded by guns. In the courtyard sits a huge black cannon, while the entrance is protected by two more gold plated monsters, glinting in the sun.
But the newly-elected Chief Minister of Gibraltar hopes that he will find a peaceful way of protecting the Rock – despite an escalation in the war of words with Madrid.
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Gibraltar: Between the Rock and an increasingly hard-line place - Telegraph
Although Gibraltar has been Muslim since 710 as part of Mohammed's family vineyard holdings, it is actually Neanderthal property . This proud race controls many finance and banking decisions in South Europe.
I like Gib, I want to go back soon, but it's not cheap as all the flights are controlled and it is top dollar.
I wen there as a kid and still remember it. I imagine it as being a bit like Jersey/Guernsey but with a climate like Southern Spain/North Africa. Obviously not flat, just a big rock with one large town.
I remember the Barbary Apes chasing me and having to run to the car. It's not funny, they look big when you're only five. My father stopped laughing about it, when he got back in the car and they started stripping the rubber (bumpers/windscreen wipers/door trim) off of the hire car.
wrong, those were Spanish guerillas.
Some (misguided) people might consider it justice that the UK is coming under threat from Argentine and Spanish colonialists, but its now the 21st century and self-determination is way forward.
They need to take reality checks and move on.
If The Falkland Islanders and Gibraltarians wish to remain British its not any of their, or anyone else's, business.
Point of order: How long would Sadam Hussein have to hold Kuwait for it to become his if he trucks in a majority of Iraqis?
2 years, 10, 100?
Jordan ... between Iraq and a hard place.
Petra is a hard rock to find in Jordan.
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Your general knowledge question for today is: How many Argies were living on the Falkland Is when Britain claimed it?Originally Posted by chimera
Your're only allowed to use your fingers to help you count.
You mean, if there were 10 Kuwait people when Sadam invaded, ..? he had the right to own it?
Falklands:
Also taken on board, Duncan reported, "were the whole of the (Falklands') population consisting of about forty persons, with the exception of some 'gauchos', or cowboys who were encamped in the interior." The group, principally German citizens from Buenos Aires, "appeared greatly rejoiced at the opportunity thus presented of removing with their families from a desolate region where the climate is always cold and cheerless and the soil extremely unproductive". However, about 24 people did remain on the island, mainly Gauchos and several Charrua Indians, who continued to trade on Vernet's account.
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