ROCK-SOLID CASE ON WATERS DESPITE SPANISH PROTEST

ROCK-SOLID CASE ON WATERS DESPITE SPANISH PROTEST

IT WOULD NOT BE AUGUST WITHOUT MARITIME INCURSIONS, BORDER DELAYS AND A FISHING CRISIS WITH SPAIN. THIS TENDS TO BE THE NORM YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT DURING THE SO-CALLED SILLY SEASON. YET DESPITE THIS FLURRY OF ACTIVITY, INCLUDING AN OFFICIAL DIPLOMATIC COUNTER-PROTEST, MADRID MUST SURELY UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR CONSTANT CLAIM THAT GIBRALTAR HAS NO WATERS IS COMPLETELY WRONG IN INTERNATIONAL LAW.

SAGA
However, it is probably no coincidence that the latest installment in this long running saga comes at a time when Spain has no Government and the conclusion of a treaty is floating in the air.

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