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SOVEREIGNTY
UP FOR GRABS Courtesy of Peter Richard Caruana, Gibraltar‟s sovereignty is up for grabs after he told reporters in
Seville last week that if an Andorra type solution for Gibraltar were to be proposed by Madrid he might
possibly recommend it to the people of Gibraltar in a referendum. The signal given by the Chief Minister
is that he is now prepared to dilute British sovereignty and to see Spain become part-owner of Gibraltar,
despite people having voted against not even an inch of sovereignty being negotiable with Spain, or with
any other party, in the 2002 referendum.
Several reports in the UK press are saying that it is
without precedent that a political leader in Gibraltar
should be the one offering to surrender sovereignty to
Spain, be it partially or fully, with some political ob-
servers making straight comparisons with the Aznar-
Blair talks on joint sovereignty, when the offer to put
any final proposal to the people of Gibraltar in a refer-
endum was made by the then Foreign Secretary, Jack
Straw. It would appear that the objection by Peter Caru-
ana then was not that the discussions were about joint
sovereignty, as everybody thought, but that he was not
a part of the talks and this is why he made such a big
song and dance about it being a ―Done Deal‖. Now it is
he that has shocked and stunned Gibraltarians, includ-
ing many of his own supporters, by advocating the
same ―Done Deal‖ including putting it to a referendum,
except that on this occasion the one calling for a joint
sovereignty deal is him instead of it being the Prime
Ministers of Spain and the United Kingdom.
There are some GSD stalwarts that cannot believe that
Caruana has gone all the way to Seville to announce
this u-turn, suggesting perhaps that it was a slip of the
tongue under pressure from Spanish journalists. This is
certainly not borne out by the coded messages he has
been sending out through his speeches at the United
Nations or his public call to Spain asking that proposals
on sovereignty should be put to him in the Tripartite
Forum and not to the United Kingdom in the Brussels
Agreement. He has recently been behaving a bit like
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SAYING OF THE WEEK
A computer makes as many mistakes in two seconds
as twenty men working twenty years.
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Jekyll and Mr Hyde, giving the impression that he will
wage war before conceding an inch of our territorial wa-
ters when addressing selected gatherings at after dinner
speeches, but sending a clear signal to Spain that he
alone, of all political leaders before him and now, is the
one prepared to go the extra mile and negotiate away the
sovereignty of Gibraltar.
To add insult to injury, in a radio programme broadcast
by the Spanish network ―Canal Sur‖, Caruana was asked
point blank whether he did not feel just a bit Andalusian,
to wh ich he r ep l ied , ―Geograf icamen te
Si!‖ [Geographically yes!]. He then camouflaged that an-
swer a bit by saying that although there was certainly An-
dalusian influence in Gibraltar, he was still a supporter of
Manchester United, as if that alone could absolve him of
his sins. For most Gibraltarians Andalucía stops at the
frontier which is where Gibraltar begins. He then talked
of relations between Gibraltar and Spain never having
been better. He described them as ―constructive‖ and
―without precedent‖ despite the very serious dispute af-
fecting our territorial waters which he keeps on telling
everyone in his after dinner speeches is the most serious
threat Gibraltar has faced, although he simultaneously
blames the United Kingdom for this, for not being tough
enough in defending our waters. The Jekyll and Hyde
syndrome surfacing again!
Readers will undoubtedly recall that Peter Cummings was
kicked out of the GSD when he was an elected member of
the party in Opposition precisely because he advocated an
Andorra style solution for Gibraltar. The instigator of that
plot was Peter Caruana who has now turned full circle
and is advocating the Andorra solution himself. Perhaps
he thought then that the timing was not right and might
have mistakenly believed that people in Gibraltar today
are ready to negotiate away the sovereignty of Gibraltar,
something which he seems to have always been prepared
to do despite his rumblings about sovereignty being safe
in his hands inside and outside the Tripartite Forum. Well
now we know it is not, it is up for grabs thanks to him,
with Spain not having ceded one inch of their historical
position but with a Gibraltar political leader having of-
fered Spain 50% of Gibraltar on a plate, something his pal
Jose Carracao, who showers him with compliments and
Caruana ruffles his feathers like a peacock in hearing
them, has said is a brave move on Caruana‘s part that
should be reciprocated by Madrid . Madrid, however,
wants more!
Caruana‘s announcement is already causing ripples
within the GSD. This week Maurice Xiberras, a former
Leader of the Opposition who has been writing letters in
the media praising him for the way he has been conduct-
ing relations with Spain, has withdrawn his support for
Peter Caruana, calling for a retraction of the statement
and saying that his Ministers should disassociate them-
selves with the Seville statement. It will be recalled that
Xiberras stood for election with Danny Feetham as part of
the Labour Group in the 2003 election, although he was
not elected into Parliament. Both stood defending Integra-
tion with Britain, so it is not inconceivable that Xiberras
should expect that, at least, Danny Feetham should disas-
sociate himself with Caruana‘s controversial declarations
calling on an Andorra type constitution for Gibraltar.
SOVEREIGNTY UP... from front page
CUMBERLAND MOST AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAINS
The new Cumberland Terraces project has been the one most affected by the heavy downpour of the past few days
with some twenty residents reporting water penetration and dampness in their flats and with water having filtered into
the exterior electricity system resulting in the light fittings filling with rain water. It is thought that more flats have
suffered water penetration but that only owners of those occupied have presently reacted. All reports of water penetra-
tion and dampness have been passed on to the Government owned Gibraltar Residential Property Company which
was responsible for selling the flats.
The Fire Brigade received a very high number of emergency calls; water seems to have filtered into the shafts of the
lifts at Alameda House where several flats also suffered severe water penetration: in Bado‘s Building the leaks and
flooding caused damage to a number of flats and to the communal areas; at Waterport Terraces, the new Government
sponsored home ownership scheme, a number of tenants reported dampness and water penetration and a lady had to
move in with relatives after her flat at Albert Risso House was severely flooded.
Severe flooding was also reported at several points along Queensway, at Wellington Front causing damage to vehi-
cles parked there and at Chatham Counterguard where the commercial units recently put out to tender by the Govern-
ment were also flooded. At the Leisure Centre [which cost £11 million] the damage caused by the flooding could run
into thousands of pounds due to extensive damage caused to the Bowling Alley on the ground floor. The Leisure Cen-
tre has been experiencing water penetration since it was opened.
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THE CHRONICLE OPINION POLL
Opposition Leader, Joe Bossano, has always said that the only opinion poll that counts is the election
result on polling day, and he has said this whether opinion polls conducted by the media have predicted
his party was ahead or trailing. The opinion poll published by the Gibraltar Chronicle in May this year
had the GSLP/LIBS in the lead and the one published last week has the opposite result with the GSD
now in the lead. In May this newspaper said that the system used by the Gibraltar Chronicle was not
very dependable because it is done face to face and many people refuse to tell anyone what their elec-
toral preference is. It was the two opinion polls together, the one conducted by the Gibraltar Chronicle
and the one conducted by the daily newspaper Panorama, which is confidential, that gave the strongest
indication yet that the Opposition had overtaken the Government in popularity amongst voters, particu-
larly taking into account that the GSD won the last elections by the slightest of margins, 350 votes. Pe-
ter Caruana has, since then, been conducting an intensive propaganda campaign to try and get the May
opinion poll reversed and would like us all to believe that he has achieved this, although he knows bet-
ter. Certainly the Chronicle must believe that he has done so because it has said that the completion of
some of the ongoing public projects has possibly had an influence on voters.
This newspaper is of the opinion that the Chronicle opinion poll on its own cannot be relied upon to re-
flect the voting intentions of the electorate because of the way it has been conducted. Most of the peo-
ple polled were questioned over their voting intentions at three main points in Gibraltar; the area of the
Piccadilly Gardens by the Alameda Estate, the entrance to the Morrison Supermarket and Ocean Vil-
lage. At least one of the persons asking the questions is perceived to be a strong supporter of the GSD
because that person writes for the ―Seven Days‖ newspaper. Without counting the amount of people
that would have refused to participate in the poll, of those that agreed to participate, 23% are shown as
undecided. If this poll is accurate, we would still not have an inkling of how voters are thinking be-
cause it would be this large percentage of undecided voters that will eventually decide the election. It
is, however, the fact that the poll is conducted face to face that increases the percentage of undecided
voters because it includes people who want to be polite with the pollsters and co-operate, but who do
not want to let it be known how they would vote, particularly if they believe that the person asking the
questions is of a particular political persuasion.
The poll has certainly raised the morale of those staunch fanatics of the GSD who are out in the streets
every day trying to defend the indefensible. Some were even seen distributing photocopies of the re-
sults of the poll published in the Chronicle. A little fly at No 6 Convent Place informs us that Peter Ca-
ruana was overjoyed with the result, not because he actually believes it but because he thinks that the
poll result will help this intensive propaganda campaign he is engaged in to try and save his political
skin. He sees the poll as another ingredient in his attempt to turn the cards on his opponents, not as the
proof that he already has. If he did believe the results of the poll he would be planning an election for
January and there is no indication that any politician is preparing to spend Christmas knocking at peo-
ple‘s doors and asking them for their vote or pasting up posters. As the saying goes; the proof of the
pudding is in the eating and no-one is planning to eat anything other than Christmas pudding this side
of the New Year.
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CARUANA PLANNED TO RESERVE AIR TERMINAL JOBS FOR LA LINEA
According to reports in the Spanish media, Peter Caru-
ana said in Seville last week that he had been seriously
thinking of proposing to Spain that the freight handling
of all aircraft landing at the Gibraltar Airport should be
done in La Linea, on Spanish soil, by employees of La
Linea. That is to say, all cargo arriving by air in Gibral-
tar, whether with a Gibraltar or Spanish destination,
including the Royal Mail presumably, would be han-
dled by Spanish employees paying Spanish taxes and
Spanish social security and employed in Spain even
though they would have to enter British territory in or-
der to carry out part of their functions. This, say the
Spanish press reports, was an idea that Peter Caruana
had, but he did not proceed with it due to the threat by
Alejandro Sanchez, Mayor of La Linea, of imposing a
frontier toll on vehicles leaving Gibraltar. The Gibral-
tarians have only been made aware of the intentions of
the Chief Minister because he is said to have revealed
this in an interview in ―Canal Sur Radio‖ in Seville.
Neither he, nor Employment Minister Luis Montiel, nor
any other of his Ministers for that matter, have in-
formed anyone in Gibraltar, neither Parliament nor the
unions, that the Government intended to reserve jobs
for Spain to fill as if they were Spanish, jobs that have
hitherto been undertaken in Gibraltar because this is the
territory and jurisdiction where these jobs exist.
Reaction By La Linea Mayor
As a result of these revelations Alejandro Sanchez
came under attack this week from the General Secre-
tary of the Spanish Socialist Party in La Linea, Gemma
Araujo, who blamed his policies for having lost La
Linea much needed jobs given that there are 10,000
registered unemployed in the city. The Mayor of La
Linea has dismissed the criticism of his political oppo-
nents saying that this had been one of his own ideas
which he had raised with Madrid in the past and that he
was glad that Peter Caruana shared his views, although
in order for this to be feasible, the Mayor believes that
a special fiscal status for La Linea needs to be granted
in order to eliminate what he describes as the inequality
that exists between La Linea and Gibraltar, and so that
the city may compete on equal terms with Gibraltar.
Sanchez added that he was very pleased that Caruana
was in the same wavelength as he is and supporting this
special tax status for La Linea.
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DIM CHRISTMAS FOR CASEMATES
It has already been announced that there will be a Christmas
tree at Casemates and that the Mayor, Tony Lombard, will be
doing the honours on the day the tree is to be lit up. What
strikes this columnist as odd, very odd indeed, is that no
Christmas lights should have been put up at Casemates. The
Government have decided to light up half of the Trafalgar
Junction, possibly because there are insufficient lights for the
whole junction, but have placed no lights at all at Casemates.
Is this not the centre of night life in Gibraltar, Caruana‘s great
vision of providing leisure for the people of Gibraltar where
he was seen dancing on top of a restaurant table one Christ-
mas, not so long ago. So what has happened to this dream that
he first withdraws the special licences for after-hours music
and now he decides not to put up any Christmas lights or
decorations? Who is he trying to punish?
BANK HOLIDAY FOR ROYAL WEDDING
This columnist backs the call by the Panorama newspaper for
a public holiday to be granted on the 29th April, a Friday, so
loyal Gibraltarians can stay at home and watch the Royal
Wedding on the TV screens. There seems to have been an at-
tempt to give the announcement of the wedding little promi-
nence despite the great interest and joy that there is amongst
the population that Prince William, the heir to the throne, is
tying the knot. Could this be so as not to upset our neighbours,
particularly against the background of Caruana calling for an
Andorra style solution? Would our Queen, the Queen of Gi-
braltar, continue to be Queen of Gibraltar if Caruana‘s propos-
als were to be implemented or would sovereignty be shared
with the Spanish monarch? Let us celebrate OUR Royal Wed-
ding, put up screens at key points in Gibraltar; in any case
those that are afraid of openly celebrating will have already
left for Sotogrande the night before to join those who re-
nounce their nationality by saying they are citizens of the
world.
INSUFFICIENT ELECTRICITY
The message is at long last getting through. There are com-
ments in the internet asking where all the electricity is going
to come from for the developments coming on stream. It‘s a
good thing that many of the expensive flats built have not
been occupied because if they had, there would be more
power cuts than we are already getting today. The problem is
that the contract for the power station has not yet been granted
so it will be at least three years before we have sufficient elec-
tricity for our needs and the new Air Terminal alone will use a
great amount of electricity due to the air conditioners etc.
Imagine arriving from UK at this huge Air Terminal in an air-
port described by Caruana as ―international‖, but with a black-
out, no electricity. Third World! When will the skid genera-
tors be arriving Peter?
Bits
&
PIECES
by Fly On The Wall
FRANCO, THE SAHARA AND GIBRALTAR
Papers recently released in Spain show that General
Franco was preparing to cede a big chunk of the Sa-
hara to the Polisario in a bid to comply with UN prin-
ciples for decolonisation in order to protect Spain‘s
position over Gibraltar with the argument of territorial
integrity, and Ceuta and Melilla because both African
enclaves were already integrated into the Spanish
state. Just before the dictator died he fell out with King
Hassan of Morocco who wrote to Franco telling him
that the Polisario were his natural enemies because
they stood for everything he had fought against in the
Spanish Civil War. Franco ignored the King of Mo-
rocco and fell ill, and this is said to be what provoked
the Green March into the Sahara. Franco was prepared
to sacrifice the Sahara thinking he had a watertight
case over Gibraltar in the UN. Today, after Bossano
has demolished that case year after year, not even
Franco would be sure of his ground.
CARUANA‟S DELUSIONS
In an interview on the Spanish Radio Channel ―Canal
Sur‖, Peter Caruana has declared that there is a great
Andalusian influence in Gibraltar; that he likes to fol-
low the UK football league and that there is no prece-
dent to the constructive nature of Gibraltar‘s relations
with Spain. Does Peter Caruana live in the same world
as the rest of us? Constructive? Why did he not say
this in Algeciras last week when he was informed by a
civil servant that the scheduled ministerial meeting
had been postponed yet again? Does he really believe
that the waters dispute reflects constructive relations
with Spain without precedent‖? Either the man has de-
lusions or he is trying to kid us all into believing that
black is white and that white is black.
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TOBACCO IS A POISON!: THE ALGECIRAS ’FOLLY’!: THE POLL? LANDALUCE—ON THE BALL: SEVILLA—FOOT IN IT?
by Montis Insignia Calpe
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TOBACCO IS BAD FOR YOU!
We have now had a business concern going for the last year or
so and we can thank our stars that we were right in taking the
plunge when we did for it seems that, at least, a few of them
are on our side and that our ‗marketing efforts‘ – even if we
are saying it – appear to be paying dividends – not too much –
but enough to be ‗most encouraging‘! So, and thus encour-
aged, we have established a policy of ‗taking out to lunch‘,
quite regularly, our best twelve customers and, of course, like
everybody else, we take them to one of the best restaurants in
Irish Town – the one where most lawyers, solicitors – and
‗bigger‘ businessmen take their favourite clients. Now, and as
everybody knows, all our ‗lunch companions‘ are very talka-
tive people and, during our lunch, they started to talk of ‗this
and that that is going on in Gibraltar and, sometimes, ‗out of
it‘! And, of course, it is no secret that ‗what goes out of Gi-
braltar‘, quite regularly, are cigarettes – cartons and cartons of
them – and that was part of the conversation that was ‗on the
menu‘, the other day – and the second part was, of course,
‗politics‘! Our ‗lunch parties‘, if you can call them that, con-
sist of four well-known businessmen. And, as lunch pro-
gressed, these businessmen‘s conversation was well under
control but, as time and drinks ‗went by‘, that ‗control‘ was
progressively being ‗lost‘ and we – and our neighbours at
nearby tables – could hear, quite well, what they were all say-
ing – the ‗gist‘ of which was that one of them said that the
GSLP/LIB would win the next election and that Bossano
would be Chief Minister for the first six or nine months of the
first year in office and that he would then ‗hand over‘ to his
‗elected successor‘ – whoever that might be! Another one of
them told him ‗not to be silly‘ for, as everyone knew, people
would not vote for Joe because they were ‗scared‘ of what he
could do if in Government again – and he referred to the ‗fast
launches‘ and to the ‗off-shore tobacco business‘ and, almost
as an ‗afterthought‘, to the many ‗well-placed‘ businessmen
who provided the ‗cargo‘ and who ‗financed‘ the ‗trade‘ – but,
who, did not ‗get the blame‘ – only Joe did – thanks to the
‗hate campaign‘ orchestrated by PRC and his henchmen! And,
then, the third one – who had been very quite and sipping his
‗tinto‘ – burst into the conversation and said that he ‗had it‘
from a ‗good ink‘ – that Peter Caruana (El (supuesto) Cid de la
Saga del Tabaco) in those far-off days) was quite aware that
the ‗Tobacco Contraband Trade‘ was, nowadays, even more
‗rampant‘ and ‗more firmly established‘ than it had ever been
in Bossano‘s days and that the quantities of boxes of cartons of
cigarettes that were now making their way out of Gibraltar into
Spain in all sorts of ‗transport‘ (and, it could even be hinted!)
containers (which never even came into Gib!) surpassed the
quantities ‗exported‘ in those days and nights – without count-
ing those that crossed the Frontier well-hidden by the matut-
eras under their dresses in their ‗nether regions‘! And, at this
stage, the fourth one – having solemnly finished his cocacola –
and with an impression on his face of ‗having more than an
expert knowledge in the ins-and-outs of this trade – told the
Group that the ‗Trade‘ was very well organised these days and
that there were very ‗big people‘ – both, from Spain and Gib –
in the ratio of (nearly) 5 to 1, respectively, who had their
‗fingers‘ well ‗in the Trade‘ – and their ‗hands‘ well-
manipulating all the moves e.g. when and where ‗the soldiers‘
had to be and at what times‘ as the frontier would then be
‗clear‘ for the transit of what, some of them, were now refer-
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ring to as ‗el bacalao‘ – which had to be moved from where ‗it
was‘ to where ‗it should be‘! And, with that, and in conclusion,
he said that he had already ‗said too much‘ and that ‗as time
was of the essence‘, the ‗bill‘ should be paid and all of us
should make our ways to our respective offices – and ‗that was
that‘ – except for what the initiator of the conversation said as
he stood up from his chair – Y Caruana, con esto del tabaco –
mas callao que en misa – y, con las politicas de el Montesino ye
el Landaluce, ya no sabe si va o si viene! Y, como dicen por
ahi, El Gobierno Espanol is tightening the screws con lo del
contrabando de lo cigarillos en el Campo – but not too tightly –
for the unemployed in the Campo have to eat…!
THE ALGECIRAS EPISODE!
The ‗man‘ seems to be a ‗glutton for punishment‘! He should
stay at home and stop accepting invitations to go ‗lecturing‘ to
people or to students who had, apparently – judging from the
‗audience‘ at the ‗Cadiz University Talks‘ at Algeciras the
other day – no real ‗interest‘ in what Peter Caruana had to say
to them! The video clips shown on GBC portrayed an
‗audience‘ that looked not only ‗disinterested‘ but, also, com-
pletely bored to a ‗state‘ of ‗disanimation‘! Sr Montesino,
among everything else he said ‗relegated‘ Peter Caruana to be-
ing ‗a participant‘ at the Trilateral Hash – at ‗a par‘ with him –
a Spanish ‗official‘ from the Spanish Foreign Office! That, of
course, was meant to be ‗quite a punch‘ below the belt! And,
then, he really ‗dropped‘ the ‗clanger‘ when he told Peter Caru-
ana that ‗Spain could only recognise a ‗frontier‘ control at
Casemates – the current Four Corners one being regarded
purely as the ‗verja‘ and a police and customs ‗control‘ – and
we ask – is that why the Cordoba Agreement re ‗fluidity‘ and
Red and Green‘ (real!) Channels are not in ‗operation‘ yet?
And, since in that ‗scenario‘, Gibraltar‘s Western Beach is still
‗part‘ of the disputed Isthmus – between the ‗police and cus-
toms post‘ and the ‗frontier at Casemates‘ is it really true that
‗selected‘ residents of La Linea are permitted to answer ‗certain
calls of nature‘ at the drain which has been laid by Alejandrito
and which finishes at the Beach mentioned above – hence the
‗pollution‘ which now prevents Gibraltar residents from ‗using‘
that beach for pleasure? And, as if he had not said enough, he
also ‗brought in‘ the ‗statement‘ that Thatcher‘s Government
had provided Spain with written admission that ‗the UK was no
longer interested in Gibraltar and that with written admission
that ‗the UK was no longer interested in Gibraltar and that the
Treaty of Utrecht applied in as much as the UK would not mind
‗surrendering‘ Gibraltar to Spain via the Brussels Mistake!
Wow – and Wow! Obviously, Sr Montesino does not ‗think
much‘ of Peter Caruana! And, then, we have Landaluce com-
ing into ‗the act‘ and telling Peter Caruana that the Partido
Popular will ‗put paid‘ to the Trilateral Hash – ‗back burners‘
and all! Wow – and more Wow – Peter…!
THE „POLL‟!
The ‗Gib Chroc‘ told Gibraltar the other day that a ‗face-to-
face‘ poll of GSD members had produced the result that the
GSD would win the next election ‗hands-down‘ – the reasons
for its ‗bounce-back‘ being the announcement of its projects;
the handling of the Sanchez toll saga and of the Guardia Civil
incidents – the ‗projects‘ – and their ‗aftermaths‘ – tell another
story and Alejandrito is still there and the G.C. ‗incidents‘ have
brought with them a ‗claim‘ from Spain that Gibraltar has no
‗waters‘ –well done GSD – another bounce-back like this one
will place you even below the PDP!
LANDALUCE! AGAIN!
This guy has, it seems, made a great study of our Chief Minis-
ter as, in connection with some comments made by the latter
recently, the former has accused the latter of being
‗highhanded, arrogant and resorting to inelegant manoeuvres
such as false facts and confusion‘! We do not dispute that, on
occasions, Peter – on a bad day in the Parliament – can resort to
‗spurts‘ of ‗arrogance, highhandedness and a few other inele-
gant adjectives‘ but, definitely, not to using ‗false facts‘ for a
‗fact‘ is a ‗state of reality‘ and ‗a reality‘ cannot be ‗unreal‘!
SEVILLA!
So Peter Caruana went to Sevilla to talk a bit more in the
‗FORO EUROPA‘! We have already suggested to Peter that he
should ‗stay at home‘ and ‗to keep quiet‘ and ‗to stop putting
his foot in it‘ but, it seems, he has done so again when he de-
clared that he ‗would personally support an Andorra style –
post 1993 constitution – status as part of a negotiated political
settlement with Britain and Spain – if it were on offer.‘! And,
it seems, that as an ‗afterthought‘, he added that this would
come about following consultation of the people of Gibraltar
through a referendum! Now, Peter Caruana, is the Chief Minis-
ter of Gibraltar and as such – and before expressing his
‗personal‘ views – he should always bear in mind that he has no
‗mandate‘, as yet, from the people, to make any ‗offer‘ – con-
cerning Gibraltar‘s ‗sovereignty‘ – to any country or countries;
that Andorra – whatever is said in its latest – ‗constitution‘ – is
still a country that has ‗dual sovereignty‘ between Spain and
France and that the people of Gibraltar have, very recently, said
a ‗VERY BIG NO‘ to a ‗dual sovereign deal‘ with a Spain that
has harassed it for more years than anyone can remember!
However – and as many ‗things‘ have been said in the two fo-
rums that Peter Caruana has attended recently – this Chief Min-
ister of ours – who seems to ‗behave‘ as if he does not trust the
people of Gibraltar – must be asked if he knows ‗something‘ –
which makes him keep on ‗suggesting‘ to Spain that he should
be ‗the negotiator‘ on any ‗offer‘ of a settlement of Spain‘s
‗claim‘ on our sovereignty‘ – and, in those circumstances – and
in the light of Sr Montesino‘s reference to ‗Thatcher‘s Govern-
ment written admission‘ to Gibraltar‘s ‗future‘ – whether, in
fact, there is ‗a hidden agenda‘ between Britain and Spain – and
him – to ‗work‘ on the people of Gibraltar in order to ‗convert
them‘ to think with ‗favour‘ on the possibility of ‗a solution‘ on
an ‗Andorran‘ basis and, if so, to call for a referendum on
those lines NOW – so that we are all ‗clear‘ on what is ‗going
on‘ behind our backs – for, in such a scenario, it should never
be forgotten ‗que el que fue a Sevilla perdio su silla‘……
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OPPOSITION CALL FOR ROYAL WEDDING BANK HOLIDAY
ROTARY CHRISTMAS CONCERT
The Rotary Club of Gibraltar have organised a full night of entertainment for their Christmas Charity Concert
this year which will take place at St Michael‘s Cave next Friday the 10th December. Performing will be local pi-
anist, Aaron Monteverde, the Band and Corps of Drums of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment and the Gibraltar Na-
tional Choir. Your host for the night will be Henry Sacramento. A raffle will take place during the evening for
the holders of Souvenir Programmes which will be sold at £5. The Rotary Club is urging their members and
guests to buy souvenir programmes for the raffle for friends and relatives too. All proceeds go towards the Gi-
braltar Regiment Welfare Fund and the Calpe House Fund and the prizes are really great. The star prize of the
night will be an all-inclusive romantic Valentine‘s weekend for two at the Mill Hotel and Spa in the Roman city
of Chester, UK. Make it a date next Friday!
The Opposition are urging the Govern-
ment to declare April 29th 2011 as a one-
off bank holiday to allow the people of
Gibraltar to celebrate the wedding of
their future King and Queen, Prince Wil-
liam and his bride Catherine Middleton.
The United Kingdom has already an-
nounced this. In a clear reference to the
controversial comments over joint sover-
eignty made by Peter Caruana last week
in Seville, they argue that the Prince,
who is second in line to succeed Queen
Elizabeth 1, will be the SOLE King of
Gibraltar one day and that, in order to
allow the people of Gibraltar to fully
participate and celebrate the Royal Wed-
ding the Government should accede to
their request and grant the bank holiday.
The Opposition says that Gibraltar has
always maintained a close relationship
with the Royal family and that, although
Her Majesty the Queen has not visited
Gibraltar since 1954, probably due to
pressure from the Foreign Office in or-
der not to upset Spain, other senior
members of her family have done so, the
last being Princess Anne who came to Gibraltar to open the MOD Medical Centre and was snubbed by Peter Ca-
ruana, who did not welcome her at the tarmac at the instigation of Spanish Senator, Jose Carracao, who called on
him to lower the profile of the visit and threatened to kill off the Tripartite Talks if he did not. Carracao later
thanked Caruana for the gesture. The Opposition also recall that when Prince Charles married Prince William‘s
mother, Princess Diana, the couple chose to start their honeymoon in Gibraltar by embarking here on the Royal
Yacht Britannia. The King and Queen of Spain boycotted the wedding amidst strong protests.
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DON QUIXOTE WON’T MAKE IT FOR CHRISTMAS
It appears that Don Quixote is still out fighting
windmills and will not make an appearance in
Gibraltar before the end of the year as had been
planned. It has been reported in the Spanish me-
dia that it is now officially confirmed that the
―Instituto Cervantes‖ in Market Lane will not be
opening its doors to the public in Decembers as
had previously been announced. The estimated
completion date of the ongoing works is mid-
February which is when the official inauguration
is now expected to take place. Normally, an in-
ternational branch of the ―Instituto‖ would be
opened by the Spanish heir to the throne, Prince
Felipe and his wife, Princess Leticia. However,
since the branch that is being opened is in Gi-
braltar, it is not thought appropriate at this stage
for any member of the Spanish Royal family to
visit Gibraltar. At present, the plans are for the
Director of the ―Instituto Cervantes‖ in Madrid,
Carmen Caffarel, to open the Gibraltar branch.
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The Mayor of La Linea, Alejandro Sanchez, has
said this week that he still intends to proceed
with the introduction of a frontier toll, although
now he has hinted that it might only be applica-
ble to vehicles carrying materials for land recla-
mation works into Gibraltar. This has provoked
an attack from the regional General Secretary of
the Spanish Socialist Party, Francisco Gonzalez
Cabana, who has said that the Mayor has got
himself into an almighty mess over the frontier
toll and now does not know how to get out of the
hole he is in. He accuses Sanchez of theatrics and
says that a week does not pass by without a new
surprise from the Mayor, this week being that the
toll will only apply to heavy laden vehicles. Ca-
bana added that it is clear that the whole question
of the toll is a smokescreen by Sanchez who has
not only inherited the problems left behind by
Juan Carlos Juarez, but that he has become the
symbol of all that Juarez and the GIL party stood
for and which has brought La Linea to its knees.
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VENICE, BEHIND THE MASK
Local artist, Maribel Matthews, is presently exhibiting a selection of photographs and paintings dedicated to Venice
on the Upper Gallery of the Arts Gallery at Casemates. “Venice, Behind the Mask”, depicts an exciting and colourful
display of oil paintings and photographs of the Carnival of Venice which Maribel has captured vividly. A stunning
display worth visiting! Photographs and paintings are reasonably priced.
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RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Cauliflower Cheese
Ingredients [4 persons]
1 large cauliflower divided into florets,
3 tbsp butter
[For the cheese sauce]
1 clove,
1 bay leaf,
1 small onion,
600ml milk,
25g butter,
25g plain flour,
200ml single cream,
1 tsp English mustard,
250g mature cheddar,
1 pinch black pepper,
1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg.
How to prepare: Bring a pan of salted water to the boil and lightly
cook the cauliflower florets. Drain.
[The sauce] To make the sauce, first stud the clove through the
bay leaf and into the onion and place in a saucepan with milk.
Warm the milk slowly, this will allow the flavours to infuse into
the milk. In a separate saucepan, melt the butter, and stir in the
flour. Cook over a low heat for 3-4 minutes, stirring constantly.
Add the simmering milk, a ladle at a time, continuing to stir until
the mixture is thick and smooth. Bubble gently for 5-6 minutes.
Remove the onion and add the cream. Stir in the mustard and
200g of the grated cheese. Season to taste with salt, freshly
ground black pepper and a little nutmeg.
Warm three tablespoons of butter in a frying pan and add the cau-
liflower florets. Roll them in the butter, without allowing them to
colour, and then season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Set the oven to 200c. Spoon a little cheese sauce into an oven-
proof dish; arrange the cauliflower on top and coat with more of
the sauce. Sprinkle the last of the grated cheese on top and bake
for 10-15 minutes, until the cheese is bubbling and golden. You
may use another cheese that melts depending on your taste.
KITCHEN TIPS
PUMPKIN
In order to identify the best pumpkin in the market it is
essential that you ensure that the surface is hard, that it
is matt as opposed to shiny, that it is heavy and that it
still has the stem because it helps to conserve the water
inside the pumpkin. If you want to prepare an easy and
quick seasonal puree, just steam some pumpkin pulp
with onions and mix in the electric blender.
MUSHROOMS
When grilling mushrooms you sometimes find that
they release a lot of water and finish up boiled instead
of grilled. To avoid this you should not add salt to the
mushrooms until they are grilled. This will not affect
the taste.
LENTILS
If you have cooked lentils and find that the potage is a
bit watery, just get a lapel of the potage and blend,
then return to the potage and heat. The potage will get
thicker.
OMELETTE
A Spanish omelette is prepared with potatoes and is
very fattening. If you want a low calorie alternative,
substitute half of the potatoes with marrows and cook
the omelette in the microwave with as little oil as pos-
sible.
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Our guest writer this week is a person that was very close to the union power base in the 1970’s and who
has known Luis Montiel since he used to belong to the Young Christian Workers movement, when he was
a simple “unskilled” employee of the UK’s Department of the Environment. In those days Montiel advo-
cated militancy and proclaimed to defend worker’s rights. Now he considers himself too important to care
for those with “low intelligence and poor social skills”.
I was both amused and bemused by Luis Montiel‘s full page propaganda interview in the Independent Daily,
written by that unbiased journalist who is always ready to put his pen forward in defence of the righteous, no
need to say who that journalist is.
The first thing that came into my mind when I saw that obnoxious piece was to question why it is that
the GSD have a political organ called “Seven Days” other than to indulge in self praise and adulation
with big pictures of Ministers smiling at the cameras. Believe me the GSD do not need that freebie
broadsheet they distribute in all the Government offices, the Independent Daily is always there for
them although the political effect of what they publish is not being absorbed by the electors in the way
the GSD would like it to. Three Ministers in one issue and Montiel looking like the epitome of intelli-
gentsia. Wow! Mind you, to be fair, Sisarello also had his picture in the paper, just so that we do not
forget what he looks like. I know that Unite‟s District Chairman, Khaira, also had an article defending
the righteous in the same newspaper but I cannot remember if he had his image published as well. The
common denominator to all articles appears to be this “independent” journalist who shall remain
nameless. I sometimes wonder why this guy was not offered the job that was given to Clive Golt, I
know he wanted it and that he would have also loved to have been employed by the “Instituto
Cervantes”, but there are those who believe that he is doing a better job for the GSD where he is, even
if the credibility of the Gibraltar Chronicle suffers as a result. Those who wield power can be so un-
grateful.
MONTIEL LOSES ALL CREDIBILITY!
By Guest Writer
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Let us get back to the main theme of this article. Luis
Montiel, in this avalanche of self praise and panegy-
ric, tells of the myriad benefits which should accrue
the young generation as a result of his, and his Min-
istry‘s efforts; he conveniently forgets the incident
with the ship repair yard apprentices when they got
their accreditations which disrupted the harmony he
had been hoping for at the presentation. These teen-
agers were outraged that their prospect of employ-
ment was nil after having successfully completed an
apprenticeship, because of outside cheap labour be-
ing used by the employer. With the GSD, sometimes
it is cheap labour and at other times it is people with
the right connection, who are employed at very high
salaries at taxpayer‘s expense, thus ensuring an army
of unconditional supporters for those that put them
there. Nepotism at its best! There are those that get
rejected when applying for a job time and time again.
These people now know they haven‘t any chance of
opting to a decent job because those well connected
by family or political ties will always beat them to it.
―What chance have I got against the daughter of a
Minister or the brother of the Secretary to the Minis-
ter?‖, said a young lady who, though better qualified
than these two, had been rejected in favour of the
others and was at the ETB waiting to be given cards
and sent to places where the job, as she already sus-
pected, had already been filled. The ETB knows that
the job is for someone else, the employer knows it
and Montiel knows it too, but they must go through
the procedures of sending people, who are then
found unsuitable, and the guy in the original ETB
application is then employed. In the meantime the
unemployed are going round and round in circles,
those Montiel decided to categorise as having low
intelligence and social skills, those that at one time
were considered to be the core of the coming work-
ers uprising, but that was when Montiel was an em-
ployee of the DOE many moons ago, not now that he
has an £80,000 job and a house in Gardiner‘s
Road...and a cat...and a dog...and a car...
After having insinuated on many occasions that
the unemployed Gibraltarians were without jobs
because they just did not want to work, this union
poacher turned Government gamekeeper called
Montiel now wants to make us believe that a few
months before his mandate ends, when he knows
a general election could see him kicked out of of-
fice, he has softened his heart to this unfortunate
group which he categorises as if he were engaged
in a charity exercise rather than an obligation and
responsibility to see these unfortunate people em-
ployed. Is it so below him that he has to point at
even their marital status as justification for their
unemployment, “single parents”? For goodness
sake Luis these people are in more need of help
and assistance than other groups, and giving con-
tracts to a few companies in the construction in-
dustry outside tender procedures is not the solu-
tion to their problem, although when the GSLP
Government did this to sustain employment for
those considered to be by some as unemployable,
Caruana and the GSD not only criticised this but
mocked the idea and dismantled it when they
came into office. Now, 14 years later what was not
acceptable then is a new brainwave of this inept
Minister called Montiel.
The unemployed are unemployed because of unfair
competition from frontier workers, what are Montiel
and the GSD Government going to do about that?
The young jobless, the school-leavers, are being put
into schemes that do not guarantee secure jobs at the
end of the training, what are Montiel and the GSD
going to do about that? The unemployed are without
jobs because some unscrupulous employers, aided
and abetted by the ETB, use the trainees in the
scheme as cheap labour, they terminate the training
of trainees within months, and are sent more trainees
by the ETB. What are Montiel and the GSD going to
do about that? What is it that Montiel and a certain
union rep that meets him at his office every Friday
get up to? What is it they talk about? Clearly they do
not talk about solving the unemployment problem
because those on the dole remain on the dole. Mon-
tiel should retire before he is kicked out. He has the
perfect excuse; he can say he is sick again as he did
in the union when he retired on medical grounds,
only to recover miraculously in time to stand as a
candidate with the GSD. Enough of these theatrics
Luis, no cheap propaganda in the Independent Paper
will redeem you of having turned your back on the
working people of Gibraltar.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Sir
The Sahara And Gibraltar
For those of you who may listen to Spanish radio coverage on the
Sahara situation it will not have escaped your attention that once
again the PP attacks its own Government for being too soft with
Morocco, the same as they say about Gibraltar, these are the same
people who will pull out of the Tripartite Talks if elected and get
tough. Now analyse the quandary that Spain finds itself in, as re-
gards Gibraltar they know only too well that Britain[FCO] will
always stick to the talks technique i.e. monitoring, instead of the
iron fist, whereas Spain is very aware that if they push Rabat to
the extreme they risk repercussions in Ceuta and Melilla, spot the
difference.
Yours faithfully,
W.L.Chamberland
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Dear Mr Editor,
The Andorra Proposal
How can Peter Caruana claim that the question of sovereignty is
safe in his hands when it is he that is making proposals on sover-
eignty? First he takes us to a referendum where 97% of Gibraltari-
ans vote against any part of Gibraltar being a matter of negotia-
tion with Spain or anyone else. The message of the people was
clear and unequivocal-sovereignty is not negotiable. Caruana pre-
pared the question for the electorate, he then put it to the elector-
ate and we all voted with our eyes wide open. So how could he
possibly go on to ask Spain to put proposals on sovereignty to
him. Now he goes to Seville and tells everyone, from the Andalu-
sian capital, that he would favour an Andorra solution. What?
Joint sovereignty after all that we went through to stop Blair and
Aznar from negotiating joint sovereignty? He does not even have
the decency to inform the people of Gibraltar, in Gibraltar, that he
has changed his jacket and is now advocating what we all fought
so hard to stop. We had to learn of this from reports by Spanish
journalists. No to negotiations on sovereignty! No to the Andorra
status! No to Peter Caruana! Over and out!
Yours sincerely,
M.A.Perez
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Dear Sir,
Andorra Double-cross
The move by Peter Caruana to call for an Andorra style status for
Gibraltar is a double-cross. Peter Caruana might have a short
memory but I haven‘t. Does he not recall that when he was in
Opposition he manoeuvred to get Peter Cumming evicted from
the GSD for advocating an Andorra solution? Did he double-cross
Peter Cumming then because he thought the time was not right to
sell the concept of joint sovereignty to the people of Gibraltar and
thinks that now it is? Is he not double crossing the people of Gi-
braltar by advocating the surrender of half of our sovereignty
when we all voted in a referendum not to give up one inch of our
sovereignty? Have we had to wait 14 years for him to drop his
masquerade and reveal his hidden agenda? It is no wonder Carra-
cao is over the moon with the proposals he has made; because
even if Spain rejects them because it wants more, they now start
from the premise that joint sovereignty ―a la Andorra‖ is the mini-
mum they should ask for. That is now their new starting point.
Yours sincerely,
Luis Del Rio
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Dear Sir
Unemployment
I heard on the Spanish radio that the Chief Minister had offered
all the jobs of the freight cargo handling in the new Air Terminal
to La Linea. The whole operation would be done in La Linea, on
Spanish soil, by Spanish workers employed in Spain. This is an
insult to every Gibraltarian unemployed and proves beyond all
doubt that the airport is being shared with Spain; it is not that the
airport is ours and Spaniards can use it. How strange that Montiel
did not mention this in his publicity campaign of last week on
unemployment; we had to learn about this through the Spanish
media. More jobs for frontier workers and none for the Gibralta-
rians The sooner we get rid of this Government the better.
Yours sincerely,
Luis Edwards
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OPPOSITION QUESTION SECRET STRUCTURAL REPORT AS £250,000 MORE IS SPENT ON DEMOLITION
MORE BICKERING OVER LAND RECLAMATION
During his talk in the Andalusian capital Peter Caruana re-
futed the suggestion being made by Alejandro Sanchez, the
Mayor of La Linea, that Gibraltar was involved in a large
scale land reclamation project on the East Side of the Rock
saying this just was not true. Sanchez has asked the Euro-
pean Commission to look into the land reclamation being
undertaken by Gibraltar, insisting that this is responsible for
the erosion of sand from Spanish beaches but he did not spe-
cifically mention the East Side reclamation although this has
been his target in the past. Caruana is also quoted by the
Spanish media to have said that although no land reclama-
tion is presently taking place, Gibraltar will proceed with
more land reclamation whenever it deems it necessary and in
compliance with EU regulations or requirements. Sanchez
has now countered by accusing Caruana of being frivolous
and of lying. He said that the not content with having al-
ready considerably damaged the Santa Barbara beach on the
East Side and the ―Playa de Poniente‖ adjacent to Western
Beach he now threatened to proceed with more reclamation
and that he was going to denounce this to the European
Commission with photographs showing that reclamation was
indeed taking place.
The Opposition is questioning the decision of the Chief Min-
ister to refuse to make public the initial structural report car-
ried out on the Theatre Royal, which would put in the public
domain the information necessary to allow a judgement to be
made on the viability of the project. They say that given the
history of the whole saga, or what the public are aware of, it
would be logical to assume that the foundations and structure
of the building were deemed to be sound at the time, given
that in 2002 it was announced that the restored theatre would
be ready by 2003. They accuse Peter Caruana of withholding
important information which was commissioned prior to the
financial deal with the then owners of the theatre, when there
appeared to be no problem.
The GSLP/LIBS say that the news given in Parliament that a
further quarter of a million pounds is being spent in the demo-
lition of what was left of the Theatre Royal is the latest epi-
sode in a catalogue of incompetence and failure that has been
the hallmark of this project since it started. “When the Chief
Minister announced that the theatre was his “vision thing”
little did the taxpayer know just how expensive a vision this
was going to prove to be.” They add that the end result is
that what commenced as a restoration in 1999 has ended up as
a total demolition in 2010, many millions of pounds later,
over £5.5 million, and the Government have still not provided
an explanation over what happened and why. “The public
have a right to question exactly what the Government have
been up to in this regard.”
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AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYE GLASS
By Spycatcher
THE UNITE LEADERSHIP
I spy with my little eye something beginning with U....The lead-
ership of the union UNITE was in a quandary last week over
how to react to the election of Len McCluskey to the post of
General Secretary, the top job in the union. The dilemma was
whether to welcome the election or keep tight-lipped about it
and give it no importance. In the end Charlie Sisarello thought of
his cushy job and decided to issue a press release welcoming the
election, although he had not stuck out his neck to support
McCluskey nor any of the other candidates contesting the post.
Now, with this breath of fresh air ventilating the dark corners of
the headquarters of the union in every region, Transport House
in Gibraltar, which was once a thorn on the side of the establish-
ment and is today an extension of the establishment, might get a
kick up its behind for not providing the kind of service to mem-
bers that Brother Len promised during his election campaign, for
not being democratic enough in the decision making process of
the union etc, etc. The union in Gibraltar twenty years ago had
nothing to learn from Brother Len; indeed it could have taught
him a thing or two. Today, however, there are many members
waiting in expectation at what changes Len McCluskey will
bring about that will clear the rot in the Gibraltar region of the
union UNITE.
THE CITIZEN OF THE WORLD
I spy with my little eye something beginning with A....Singer
and songwriter, Albert Hammond, decided a long time ago that
Spain was not the place where he ought to own up to being a Gi-
braltarian, as if being what one is, is something to be ashamed
of. When he first portrayed himself as an Englishman rather than
as a Gibraltarian in Spain was in the 70‘s, at the height of the
Franco campaign against Gibraltar, when he was just getting his
career off the ground and was probably broke. It upset many Gi-
braltarians deeply at the time, but the years and his recent con-
tact with Gibraltar had gone a long way to heal the coldness that
has always existed between Albert and his compatriots. He re-
cently warmed up to his fellow Gibraltarians in an interview in
GBC where he said he felt Gibraltarian. His comments in Spain
last week, that he was a person with no nationality and that he
considered himself to be a citizen of the world has hurt and an-
gered many Gibraltarians, because today he is already famous,
probably does not need the money he will earn from his new al-
bum and Franco is dead and buried and a Gibraltarian should
have no problem in saying what he is in Spain in 2010. He is, of
course, technically right in claiming to be English because he
was born in England due to the evacuation during the Second
World War, but he is lucky to be called Hammond because if he
had been called Lopez, Ramirez or Martinez he would never
have passed off as an Englishman in Spain despite his passport.
One wonders what his close pal, Peter Richard, thinks of all
this?
THE ROYAL WEDDING
I spy with my little eye something beginning with Q....Her Maj-
esty the Queen, God bless her, is said to be over the moon that
her grandson, the heir to the throne, has decided to make Kate
Middleton his wife and the future Queen of the United King-
dom, Australia, Canada and all other British dependent territo-
ries, etc, etc, etc. What Buckingham Palace seems not to have
realised, when they announced the wedding, was that they might
have had to consult Peter Richard in Gibraltar before releasing
the news to the world, something they have not done. You see,
now that Peter Richard has decided that the British Monarch
should be split in two and that half of her should be the Queen of
the United Kingdom, etc, and the other half Queen of Gibraltar,
it is not very clear whether her grandson, Prince William, might
also be Prince of Gibraltar too and already have two separate
roles, even before he becomes King. If that were the case, proto-
col would dictate that Peter Richard be consulted over the wed-
ding as we are certain David Cameron was, but Buckingham
Palace seems to have overlooked this. Could this perhaps mean
that the marriage cannot take place until Peter Richard approves
it? By the by, what would happen if we were to adopt Peter‘s
favoured status for Gibraltar, the Andorra solution, who would
then be Queen?
NAUGHTY HOLLIDAY
I spy with my little eye something beginning with H....Minister
Joe Holliday has been naughty and has been caught out, and eve-
ryone is catching their breath to see what the repercussions will
be. Those with a one track mind will draw their own conclusions
about the naughtiness of the Minister for Enterprise, those with
open minds please read on. Joe Holliday has disobeyed instruc-
tions given to him by Peter Richard. When Peter Richard spoke
at the Casino Calpe some months ago he told everyone gathered
there that he had instructed Joe Holliday not to accept any appli-
cation from any new airline to fly any route until the new Air
Terminal is operational. He said this was due to the increased
traffic congestion that more aeroplanes landing in Gibraltar
would cause. Well, Joe Holliday has gone and accepted the Easy
Jet flights from Liverpool against the direct instructions of Peter
Richard given through the sound system of the Casino Calpe.
The flights start in March and the Air Terminal is scheduled to
be completed in May but will not be ready until July/August ear-
liest. So now, thanks to Joe Holliday, people are going to think
that Peter Richard is a liar and that in the Casino Calpe all he
was doing was trying to justify the unjustifiable-why there are
still no flights to Spanish destinations.
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EL “DONE DEAL” DEL CASCARRABIAS!
Valiente poca vergüenza tiene este Cascarrabias! Ahora el
que quiere ―joint sovereignty‖ es el. Después que nos metió
en un buen fregao con el gobierno ingles porque, decía en-
tonces, que no estaba de acuerdo con el ―done deal‖ que
estaban negociando Tony Blair y José María Aznar sobre
soberanía conjunta, ahora resulta que el que pide pública-
mente la soberanía conjunta es él, el mismísimo Cascarra-
bias, el que nos llevo a un referéndum donde una mejoría
aplastante dijo que ni una purgada de soberanía era nego-
ciable. Eso fue en el 2002, ocho años más tarde coge y se
va a Sevilla, a decirnos a los Yanitos desde allí que él se
apunta a un estatuto como el de Andorra, pero que para esto
ser aceptable tendría que ser aprobado por los gibraltareños
en un referéndum. Exactamente lo que nos dijo Blair hace
ocho años y que nos cayó tan mal que un poco más y no le
raspamos la cabeza a Straw cuando vino a Gibraltar. No
entiende el Cascarrabias que no tiene mandato para hablar
de soberanía, que ya el pueblo dijo que ni una purgada de
nuestra soberanía es negociable ni con España, ni con peri-
quillo de los palotes que nos venga a tratar de comer el co-
co. Total que todo el follón que formo fue solo porque era
un ―done deal‖ hecho por Blair y Aznar donde él no había
participado, ahora como el ―done deal‖ lo está preparando
el, con sus manos en la masa, se puede hablar de soberanía
conjunta sin problema. Es un palomazo y ya ni lo esconde
ni trata de esconderlo.
Minutos después de haber dicho esto en Sevilla, la noticia
dio la vuelta al mundo, no porque el Cascarrabias es un
personaje importante como se cree, que se la da de Mar-
ques, sino porque es la primera vez en la historia que
ningún líder político de Gibraltar le dice al gobierno espa-
ñol que está dispuesto a ceder medio peñón, nunca jamás a
echo nadie esa oferta al gobierno español. Lo dice el Scots-
man, el Diario de Sevilla, la agencia EFE, etc., etc., no cre-
er lo que yo digo si no queréis, leer otros periódicos y se
daréis cuenta de quién es este déspota que habla el ingles
tan ―posh‖ que parece que se a tragao un corcho y se le ha
quedado cogido en la garganta. Estúpido! Que se atreva, si
tiene lo que hace falta, a regalar un grano de arena de nues-
tra tierra, que lo vamos a mandar a disfrutar el producto
turístico del país vecino permanentemente. Allí podrá nego-
ciar la soberanía conjunta del campo de golf con Carracao,
aunque no creo que haya un español que esté dispuesto a
darle ni los buenos días mientras que el es capaz de tirar la
casa por la ventana con la leche del palomeo que se trae.
Cualquiera tiene más amor propio que él! La semana pasa-
da el sofocón de Albert Hammond y esta semana el del
Cascarrabias y el estatuto de Andorra. No gana uno para
disgustos!
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