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Sigmar · 01-15-2002, 04:43 PM

It's come out on Sky news but I doubt many people have heard this. Gibraltar has been a topic of much heated debate over the last ten years. I think a VERY brief history would clear things up a bit. Basically Gibraltar was first captured by the Moorish, followed by Spain and then the Moorish again, the Spanish once again and then finally the British (This was 300 years ago). It all started 90 years ago when Spain began to claim that Gibraltar "rightfully" belonged to them despite the fact that Englan captured it fair and square. So this claim was really ignored, and Spain then went out of it's way to make the life's of the inhabitants of Gibraltar miserable. This was done by closing the frontier between Spain and Gibraltar and allowing no aircraft whatsoever to pass through Spanish air (not forgetting being responsible for not allowing Gibraltar to play in the world cup football league, we wouldn't get far but we shoul have the right to take part [img]smile.gif[/img] ). After a while Spain stopped and things returned to normal but now in recent years Spain's claim does not seem so outrageous anymore to England, more specifically Tony Blair. Recently there have been discussions (between Gibraltar, England and Spain) as to where the future of Gibraltar lies. Blair has now come to a conclusion that a joint sovereignty seems to be the only answer, and you know what, 97% of Gibraltar disagrees with him. Gibraltar wishes to remain British, despite the fact that we speak Spanish fluently and we live right beside Spain we are still British! Apparently Blair can only do this if he has the people of Gibraltar's consent, which he obviously doesn't. But he only needs our permssion if he wants to handle this democratically. I have a feeling that Gibraltar's just going to be another tool which he willuse in order to gain Spain's favour. Basically I feel like we're being betrayed because if Spain takes over Gibraltar than we do not only lose our way of life but we also lose lots of our rights as British citizens. Well that's my view on the situation, I'll be happy to hear yours.

01-15-2002, 04:43 PM	#1
Sigmar Unicorn Join Date: May 17, 2001 Location: N/a Posts: 4,222	It's come out on Sky news but I doubt many people have heard this. Gibraltar has been a topic of much heated debate over the last ten years. I think a VERY brief history would clear things up a bit. Basically Gibraltar was first captured by the Moorish, followed by Spain and then the Moorish again, the Spanish once again and then finally the British (This was 300 years ago). It all started 90 years ago when Spain began to claim that Gibraltar "rightfully" belonged to them despite the fact that Englan captured it fair and square. So this claim was really ignored, and Spain then went out of it's way to make the life's of the inhabitants of Gibraltar miserable. This was done by closing the frontier between Spain and Gibraltar and allowing no aircraft whatsoever to pass through Spanish air (not forgetting being responsible for not allowing Gibraltar to play in the world cup football league, we wouldn't get far but we shoul have the right to take part [img]smile.gif[/img] ). After a while Spain stopped and things returned to normal but now in recent years Spain's claim does not seem so outrageous anymore to England, more specifically Tony Blair. Recently there have been discussions (between Gibraltar, England and Spain) as to where the future of Gibraltar lies. Blair has now come to a conclusion that a joint sovereignty seems to be the only answer, and you know what, 97% of Gibraltar disagrees with him. Gibraltar wishes to remain British, despite the fact that we speak Spanish fluently and we live right beside Spain we are still British! Apparently Blair can only do this if he has the people of Gibraltar's consent, which he obviously doesn't. But he only needs our permssion if he wants to handle this democratically. I have a feeling that Gibraltar's just going to be another tool which he willuse in order to gain Spain's favour. Basically I feel like we're being betrayed because if Spain takes over Gibraltar than we do not only lose our way of life but we also lose lots of our rights as British citizens. Well that's my view on the situation, I'll be happy to hear yours.