Aug 21 - Hague Believes Frontier Delays are ‘Politically Motivated’
Answering questions at a press conference today, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague told Wall Street Journal Reporter Laurence Norman that he welcomed the fact the European Commission is sending a fact-finding mission to the border. He added that the Government believed the delays at the border have been disproportionate and are politically motivated. ‘No-one should underestimate our determination to stand with the people of Gibraltar.’
Gibraltarian resident of Santa Margarita in La Linea, Allen Bula, yesterday had two tyres of his Gibraltarian registered car slashed as it was parked outside his home.
According to the Spanish daily El Pais, the Guardia Civil have received orders to block any trucks carrying Spanish sand from coming into Gibraltar.
The recent escalation of the so-called ‘Gibraltar Problem’ reminds us that in any discussion of the Rock’s future, it is the Gibraltarians that need to be put first. But recent events also invite us to think about Gibraltar’s relationship with people in the UK.
