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.
Equality Rights Group in partnership with Plymouth & South West England Friends of Gibraltar Group have today announced the launch of ‘Thumbs Up for Gibraltar’, a campaign aimed, in its first stages, at generating public support throughout the SW of England by calling on David Cameron to award the George Cross to the People of Gibraltar.
Following a call made by UK Prime Minister David Cameron to EU Commission President Barroso regarding the on-going dispute between Gibraltar and Spain, the UK Government has stated that Mr. Cameron made clear that he would prefer to resolve the issue through political dialogue.
Mr. Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague once again spoke to the Spanish counterparts to ‘try to find a way to de-escalate the issue’. Mr. Cameron insisted that dispute their efforts, frontier delays continue, leaving the Government no choice but to consider legal action.
During the departure of the Fred Olsen cruise liner from the Cruise Terminal yesterday the ship paid tribute to Gibraltar by playing ‘the Land of Hope and Glory’ over the loudspeaker system.