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.
At around 4am today, 7th August, officers of the Royal Gibraltar Police, arrested three Spanish nationals and three local men following an operation to combat tobacco smuggling.
When describing the press coverage of the current cross-border tension, a Public Relations expert speaking on yesterday morning’s BBC TV’s News 24 channel described the press coverage as ‘Gibraltar 1, Spain 0 in Public Relations terms.’ Such has been the extent and quality of the media’s coverage of recent events.