Royal Navy tweaks Mayor’s nose

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 Friday, March 10, 2023 - 12:03
Royal Navy tweaks Mayor’s nose

The presence of four Royal Navy warships in Gibraltar this week, all at the same time, will have sent a clear message to Madrid. It is possible to negotiate a treaty and to enjoy good neighbourly relations through an area of shared prosperity but none of this is mutually exclusive to the Rock’s important military role.

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The presence of HMS Audacious, a nuclear powered Astute class submarine, has once again prompted the expected chorus of complaints from political and environmental sectors in Spain. This will not come as a surprise to anyone as the usual suspects seem to relish in repeating the same exaggerated doomsday predictions every time a US or UK nuclear submarine calls at Gibraltar.

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