tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23662827.post4226594901649561673..comments2024-01-13T23:00:20.853+00:00Comments on MAN THE BARRICADES: Spain And GibraltarGregghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10323165429887622931noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23662827.post-59861905719335841932012-05-27T11:03:06.142+01:002012-05-27T11:03:06.142+01:00Gibraltar was ceded to Britain in perpetuity by th...Gibraltar was ceded to Britain in perpetuity by the Treaty of Utrecht 1713. There doesn't seem to be any mention of the sea around the rock so I can see how a dispute might arise over fishing rights.<br /><br />I see the Spanish royals have declined an invitation to attend the Diamond Jubilee celebrations over the issue.Sean O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09927008607403571290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23662827.post-1933909333495188282012-05-26T21:04:29.445+01:002012-05-26T21:04:29.445+01:00Well said, and the Spanish did a fair bit of conqu...Well said, and the Spanish did a fair bit of conquering themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23662827.post-31189044505025569412012-05-25T09:53:07.391+01:002012-05-25T09:53:07.391+01:00You're exactly the kind of prat the post was a...You're exactly the kind of prat the post was aimed at. Don't harp back to centuries ago. It is up to the people of today to decide their future, and I include the people of the Spanish colony of Ceuta in Morocco when I say that.<br /><br />What has Empire got to do with it? It's 2012, get yourself up to speed. <br /><br />I know somebody with your blinkered/brainwashed outlook probably won't understand, but for what it's worth I would allow the people of Yorkshire, Gibraltar, Scotland or wherever have independence if that's what a majority want. It's called freedom of choiceGregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10323165429887622931noreply@blogger.com