The Gibraltar Police stopped 3 fishing boats from Algerciras fishing in Gib waters. Civil guard came and the Royal Navy sent a ship and told them to leave. Lots of comments below saying they should close the border, that would help the 5000 Spaniards working there One comment says they should send in the tanks

http://www.diariosur.es/rc/20120524/...205240127.html

The view from Gibraltar

“Those who are orchestrating these dangerous confrontations need to come to their senses and accept the challenge, once and for all, to litigate their claims to our territory in the relevant international tribunals established for that purpose in the 21st century and not put people's safety and security at risk trying to advance their position out at sea as if in the 18th century,”

Full article

http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=24955

Meanwhile the frontier is again being used by Spain to try and intimidate Gibraltar.
Whilst the fact is that the people suffering most from these actions are the frontier workers, the majority being Spanish.

would the tanks have to wait 2 hours in the queue to get thru border control ? ?

surely thats because the petrol is cheaper in Gib than in Spain and the Spanish Army cannot afford to fill up their tanks ??

they have more to worry about than a piece of land 2.6sq miles (6.8sq km), perhaps even worry about who is actually inciting these fishermen into breaking the law whilst not prosecuting them.

Tonight is a repeat

Gib had come to an agreement with the La Linea fishermen yesterday - it's the Algeciras ones who are 'rocking the boat'.
This carries on long enough, we'll all get our marching orders from the village cop.

Please don't jest about things like that, I've got two village cops and they both gave me dirty looks today.

We could do with a war in the UK to cheer us up....

Well, there we are. The PSOE mayoress of La Linea (fishing port that has palled up with the Gibraltar authorities) says that the problem over the past few days with the Algeciras fishermen comes from some instructions out of an office not far from the PP-run town hall over there.
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2012/0...337935075.html

La Linea knows which side of the rock its bread is buttered

I have just listened to an interview with Andrew Rosindell M.P. who is the Chairman of the Conservative Friends of Gibraltar which is a lobby group within the Conservative Party opposed to any joint sovereignty of Gibraltar with Spain.

May I suggest you all batten down the hatches, or if possible get out of Spain pronto.

would that be the same Andrew Rosindell M.P. who accepted visited Gibraltar on trips paid for by the Gib Govt without registering them in the due time, and asked questions in the house without registering any form of interest before doing so
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8573309.stm

would that be the same Andrew Rosindell M.P. who claimed more than £125,000 in second home expenses for a flat in London, while designating his childhood home 17 miles away - where his mother lived - as his main address.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...n-address.html

But I cannot find any trace of him making a statement in the past couple of days.

would that be the same Andrew Rosindell M.P. who accepted visited Gibraltar on trips paid for by the Gib Govt without registering them in the due time, and asked questions in the house without registering any form of interest before doing so
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8573309.stm

would that be the same Andrew Rosindell M.P. who claimed more than £125,000 in second home expenses for a flat in London, while designating his childhood home 17 miles away - where his mother lived - as his main address.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...n-address.html

But I cannot find any trace of him making a statement in the past couple of days.

Quite possibly

But he is still an MP, and still Chairman of the Conservative Friends of Gibraltar

Also I listened to an interview not a Palimentry Statement.

To be honest I'm a little unsure why the articles relate to his opinions regarding Gib myself...