Gibraltar’s representation at the Labour Party Conference continued yesterday evening with the Gibraltar Reception hosted by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and featuring a keynote speech by the UK Minister for Europe and the Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty MP.
The BBC’s Madrid correspondent, Tom Burridge, has revealed in an interview that he was asked by the Government of Gibraltar to change the wording used to refer to British Gibraltar Territorial Waters in his reports on the Gibraltar conflict over the summer.
The Government notes the statements made by the municipal authorities in Algeciras saying that the Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, is not welcome in Algeciras.
The GSD say that the more they probe the Government about Credit Finance the more they are led to the conclusion that the Chief Minister is acting like a “cavalier risk taker” who is gambling with the future of Gibraltar.
The GSD have released the following statement to back up this assessment: