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UK MEP attacked for insisting Gibraltar is not a colony

A British Labour MEP of 20 years has told of an orchestrated attempt to hound him out of a key role in the European parliament on the basis of his nationality.

Claude Moraes claims to have had his position systematically attacked, with the encouragement of Spain, after blocking EU “no deal” legislation that proposed to describe Gibraltar as a colony in a footnote.  Read more

Hammond and the Concrete Jungle

For years now the GSLP Government have allowed an unrelenting pace of development to enfold our community; from the tip of Europa Point to the frontier and all points in between have been subjected to an unremitting barrage of construction with the community having to suffer the associated noise and dust pollution, often at all hours of the day and without regard to those who have to live in the vicinity, says the GSD.  Read more

New developments show Gibraltar has become a victim of its own success

It is a bit rich for the Opposition to complain about the pace of development in Gibraltar when many of the construction projects currently underway were authorised by them when they were in office. Indeed, after the present administration was elected in 2011 we had to negotiate with developers to get them to reduce the scale, the height and the massing of projects which had been pre-agreed with the GSD.  Read more

This is not about inciting discord, says Phillips

The GSD says it notes the comments by Unite the Union, which we published yesterday, and the relevant contributions made by Elliott Phillips on the debate on the Tobacco Bill on 25 March.

Phillips says: "It is clear beyond doubt that the Government led the negotiations and have chosen to sign Gibraltar up to a deal which they said "was good for the UK and therefore good for Gibraltar". The Government are now saying that the "deal is the wrong deal for the UK and not the best deal for Gibraltar". The Opposition have been entirely consistent, the Government's deal is a bad deal and no amount of spin is going to change that.  Read more

Gibraltar firefighters attend UK course

Fourteen members of the Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service (GFRS) have attended a Breathing Apparatus and Compartment Fire Behaviour Training refresher course at the Fire Service College in UK.

The delegation was composed of a mix of Operational Officers, Firefighters and one of the organisation’s Breathing Apparatus Instructors.  Read more

Unite raises concerns with Elliott Phillips’ comments in Parliament

At a time when extreme right wing politics is flourishing in Europe, Unite the Union views with extreme concerns the comments made by the leader of opposition, Elliott Phillips during the Parliamentary session of 25th March.

Today we are seeing how an extreme right wing party in Spain, Vox, is influencing the political agenda of other political parties like, Ciudadanos and El Partido Popular in issues like gender politics and Immigration.  Read more

'Revoke, Referendum and Remain' best for Gibraltar, says Picardo

Indicative moves from Government and Opposition

The Gibraltar government says it notes the vote of the House of Commons to hold indicative votes today on options for Brexit that might break the impasse that has arisen in the Westminster Parliament.  Read more