Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy (L) meets Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Manuel Albares (R) at Carlton House in London. | NEIL HALL / POOL
Palma20/09/2024 09:51
This week UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy and his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares had a heart-to-heart in London, but Albares does not appear to know one part of his body from his elbow.
While Gibraltar was very much the backdrop for yet another meeting about the future of The Rock, Lammy kicked the love-in off by stating that the UK and Spain shared “an important historic relationship”.
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Nice that they're talking, but it's all talk. Gibraltarians are overwhelmingly pro-EU and pro-Spain. They live rather harmoniously in their unique intra-national situation. The UK (or perhaps more accurately, England) isn't particularly pro-EU or pro-Spain (except for hols of course), but that's just how it is. England rules the UK (and Gibraltar), so ... live with it. And I'm not aware of any "anti-foreigner" sentiment here amongst the locals (except the English, who are rather famous for that). The locals have issues with the increasing cost of housing, gentrification and all that, which of course is largely due to foreign investment, but the objection is more about the problem than "anti-foreigner" sentiment. In fact, I find the locals to be quite open and welcoming to (most) "foreigners".
The UK tabloids will always have a field day, but once passed they’re old memories and yesterday’s print is binned already. People just don’t care and for Brits, it seems, only price is king. As for Gibraltar? A name check in this piece but nothing further. . More shite reporting from the MDB.
“Mastermind” Lammy quoting history ? If I were a Gibraltarian, I would be VERY worried.