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.
Both the UK and US have experienced recent heavy bouts of extreme weather, ranging from ‘polar vortexes’ to intense floods and 80 mile per hour winds. Questions are being raised as to whether there is a link between dreaded climate change and the hellish weather conditions still being experienced in the UK.
The Opposition “seem to believe that people have forgotten that they were in Government for 15 years until December 2011” according to a statement this afternoon from the Government. A statement from Number 6 says that latest press release by the GSD and comments made by their spokesman Selwyn Figueras in relation to reform of the legal aid and assistance system is a case in point.
The Government says that it condemns the GSD for its continuing campaign which it claims attempts to undermine the effectiveness of the Government strategy to increase the number of Gibraltarians in employment in accordance with the commitment given in the 2011 Election Manifesto.
WO1 Alex Stone handed over his pacing stick to WO1 Julian Valverde, new Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment.
The Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Ivor Lopez addressed the troops and thanked WO1 Stone for his continued commitment to the Regiment, stating, ‘he has taken every single opportunity to train or deploy that has been offered to him, as RSM he is the number one soldier in the Regiment and as such the Commanding Officer’s right hand man, he has been very loyal to both myself and Lieutenant Colonel Colin Risso, and his advice is always sound; if you look at what he has achieved he should be your inspiration.’