Gibraltar fact and fiction?
May 17th 2013, 8:35 am
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Gibraltar fact and fiction?
Below is an interview between a German newspaper and Gib's Chief Minister.
It gives a little insight into facts about Gibraltar
http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=29313
Gibraltar has a gross domestic product the equivalent of 1.5 billion euros. That’s not bad for two square kilometres around a rock. Was makes you so wealthy?
Is it true that there are more companies registered in Gibraltar than there are inhabitants? Are many of them just mailboxes?
Etc.etc.
It gives a little insight into facts about Gibraltar
http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=29313
Gibraltar has a gross domestic product the equivalent of 1.5 billion euros. That’s not bad for two square kilometres around a rock. Was makes you so wealthy?
Is it true that there are more companies registered in Gibraltar than there are inhabitants? Are many of them just mailboxes?
Etc.etc.
May 29th 2013, 12:04 pm
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Re: Gibraltar fact and fiction?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...y-8634795.html
So where are you going to be shopping now Fred B. ?
So where are you going to be shopping now Fred B. ?
May 29th 2013, 12:09 pm
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Re: Gibraltar fact and fiction?
somewhere where he won't end up swallowing a bracelet when he bites into his pasty
May 29th 2013, 2:35 pm
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...y-8634795.html
So where are you going to be shopping now Fred B. ?
So where are you going to be shopping now Fred B. ?
May 30th 2013, 8:20 pm
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Re: Gibraltar fact and fiction?
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/40049
e-petition
Give Gibraltar back to España, but demand the UK keeps a military presence on the Island as part of the agreement!
Responsible department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
I believe the UK has no right to Gibraltar, however I concede the Island is a strategic point in terms of the UK military and an entry point to the Mediterranean Sea. I therefore wish it becomes a territory of spain, but we remain a military presence on the island much like Cyprus. I see this as being an excellent opportunity to improve Spanish - English relations!
e-petition
Give Gibraltar back to España, but demand the UK keeps a military presence on the Island as part of the agreement!
Responsible department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
I believe the UK has no right to Gibraltar, however I concede the Island is a strategic point in terms of the UK military and an entry point to the Mediterranean Sea. I therefore wish it becomes a territory of spain, but we remain a military presence on the island much like Cyprus. I see this as being an excellent opportunity to improve Spanish - English relations!
May 30th 2013, 9:36 pm
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Re: Gibraltar fact and fiction?
Ha ha.
All of two signatures, Paco and Miguel I presume.
All of two signatures, Paco and Miguel I presume.
May 31st 2013, 7:14 am
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yes..perhaps we can all meet up on this island to discuss it with BAT7311.
no doubt we will see you next Tuesday
(some homework before you leave Tenerife, look up the word isthmus or istmo if you prefer it in Spanish).
If I were Spanish I'd be more worried about losing the mainland to Brussels/Berlin than trying to buy back a rock which Spain cannot afford and whose inhabitants are quite clear about their desire not to have anything to do with their less competent neighbours
no doubt we will see you next Tuesday
(some homework before you leave Tenerife, look up the word isthmus or istmo if you prefer it in Spanish).
If I were Spanish I'd be more worried about losing the mainland to Brussels/Berlin than trying to buy back a rock which Spain cannot afford and whose inhabitants are quite clear about their desire not to have anything to do with their less competent neighbours
May 31st 2013, 7:48 am
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Re: Gibraltar fact and fiction?
Now, now Mr Ellis
Those words were a quote from the petition. I suspect Mr BAT knows well the difference between an Island and an Isthmus which is why he highlighted the word island...
Those words were a quote from the petition. I suspect Mr BAT knows well the difference between an Island and an Isthmus which is why he highlighted the word island...
May 31st 2013, 8:31 am
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The least impressive version of an apology for a petition I've seen in many a long day.
Apart from not knowing his island from his isthmus, the true origin of this unremarkable document seems a little suspect, judging by the actual wording and possibly the "we" could have been more honestly worded as "nosostros".
I'm afraid Mr Batt is batting on a very sticky wicket here and no doubt our Fred will be along shortly to chuck him a googly or two.
Apart from not knowing his island from his isthmus, the true origin of this unremarkable document seems a little suspect, judging by the actual wording and possibly the "we" could have been more honestly worded as "nosostros".
I'm afraid Mr Batt is batting on a very sticky wicket here and no doubt our Fred will be along shortly to chuck him a googly or two.
May 31st 2013, 8:37 am
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aha...guess I should have actually followed the link 
...will teach me not to look at this before coffee
...will teach me not to look at this before coffee
May 31st 2013, 9:16 am
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Jun 3rd 2013, 8:16 pm
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via the waters of the Strait of Gibraltar
That's almost an admission that Gibraltar has waters.
The Spanish have renamed the Bay of Gibraltar to La Bahía de Algeciras ( Despite the hinterland still being called Campo de Gibraltar) so maybe soon we will have The Strait of Spain.
That's almost an admission that Gibraltar has waters.
The Spanish have renamed the Bay of Gibraltar to La Bahía de Algeciras ( Despite the hinterland still being called Campo de Gibraltar) so maybe soon we will have The Strait of Spain.
Jun 3rd 2013, 9:19 pm
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Re: Gibraltar fact and fiction?
via the waters of the Strait of Gibraltar
That's almost an admission that Gibraltar has waters.
The Spanish have renamed the Bay of Gibraltar to La Bahía de Algeciras ( Despite the hinterland still being called Campo de Gibraltar) so maybe soon we will have The Strait of Spain.
That's almost an admission that Gibraltar has waters.
The Spanish have renamed the Bay of Gibraltar to La Bahía de Algeciras ( Despite the hinterland still being called Campo de Gibraltar) so maybe soon we will have The Strait of Spain.
