Thread: [Merged] Gibraltar - Forever British
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Old 04-08-2004, 14:42   #15
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Re: Gibralter - Forever British
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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Strangly enough it means a lot to the population of Gibralter, or do their wishes not count?
Well said

The population of Gibraltar are very proud to be British, and wish to remain so.

I look at Gib, in the same light as the Falklands - They are british, the population are british subjects, the laws are british laws. They have the right to british citizenship, and they wish to remain that way.
To "give back" Gibraltar to spain would, IMO, be akin to giving the falkland Islands to Argentina....

Oh, and as an interesting statistic :

Spain ruled Gibraltar from 1462-1704 (242 Years) (before that it was moorish)
Britain rules Gibraltar from 1704-2004 (300 Years)
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