Spanish patrol boat in UK waters off Gibraltar.

[old man]

I see that according to the Mail, one of our Navy ships is supposed to have ejected a Spanish boat from our waters?

 

Seeing that we are still in the EU I wonder what will be done diplomatically about that?

Answers on a postcard to Nigel?

 

Or is it just the case that the Spanish skipper had imbibed too many San Miguels and had the chart upside down?

[Newbie to this]

They're probably just testing the waters, so to speak

Edited April 7, 2017 by Newbie to this

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Here is a link to the story;

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/04/new-spanish-patrol-boat-incursion-gibraltars-waters/

[Red-dot]

A regular occurence but now that daft Tory said we were willing to go to war over it it's headline news.

[inthedark]

I cant help liking Farage, even though I know it's wrong. Long may he continue putting the Eurocrats in their place

Edited April 7, 2017 by inthedark

[yod dropper]

A regular occurence but now that daft Tory said we were willing to go to war over it it's headline news.

 

Who said we were willing to go to war?

[Red-dot]

Michael Howard

[stalker58]

Just let me finish this game of Bowls

[inthedark]

Just let me finish this game of Bowls

 

Quality

Edited April 7, 2017 by inthedark

[yod dropper]

Michael Howard

 

I watched the interview, he actually said that he thought Mrs May would 'show the same resolve in relation to Gibraltar as her predecessor did' (as Mrs Thatcher did to the Falklands).

 

Naturally the media twisted it to make some lazy headlines.

[Rewulf]

 

I watched the interview, he actually said that he thought Mrs May would 'show the same resolve in relation to Gibraltar as her predecessor did' (as Mrs Thatcher did to the Falklands).

 

Naturally the media twisted it to make some lazy headlines.

 

Despite the 'war' quote he never at any point said anything of the sort.

If I was him, I would be taking legal advice.

[ShootingEgg]

 

I watched the interview, he actually said that he thought Mrs May would 'show the same resolve in relation to Gibraltar as her predecessor did' (as Mrs Thatcher did to the Falklands).

 

Naturally the media twisted it to make some lazy headlines.

Exactly this.. Media spinning lines and changing what was said to what makes headlines..

[31NG]

Incursions into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW) are nothing new. Generally, they start with a Spanish fishing vessel operating (i.e. fishing, not transiting) BGTW. The Royal Gibraltar Police launch them intercepts the Spanish fishing vessel, and sometimes escorts the fishing vessel out of BGTW without further incident. The Spanish authorities can see what is going on, so sometimes send a Guarda Civil vessel to "monitor". This now ceases to be a police matter, as a foreign state has sent an armed vessel into BGTW, so the Royal Navy patrol vessel then moves rapidly towards the incident, the Spanish sense the game's up and run back to Spanish territorial waters.

[Whitebridges]

"Gibraltar’s government says Spanish warships regularly trespass in its waters. Tuesday’s incident was the seventh time it has happened so far in 2017".

 

We ought to put a hole in the next one.

[Red-dot]

^^^^ and send our children into a war again that only benefits the arms industry?

[la bala]

^^^^ and send our children into a war again that only benefits the arms industry?

Wise words

[Bazooka Joe]

I cant help liking Farage, even though I know it's wrong.

 

 

Wants wrong with liking Farage.?

[Whitebridges]

^^^^ and send our children into a war again that only benefits the arms industry?

 

Wise words

 

If we made it clear to the spaniards this is what will happen and they failed to comply it would cause a war?

I think we need to toughen up. Gives us the perfect reason to stop their fishing fleet raping UK waters.

Edited April 7, 2017 by Whitebridges

[panoma1]

Why have the EU not stopped the Spanish persuing their claim on Gibraltar by provocation and trying to destabilise a fellow EU member countries territories?.........What next France claiming the Channel Islands?

[wandringstar]

In 1982 great Britain sailed a task force 8000 miles to liberate 2000 people and rightly so, there are 30000 on Gibraltar and its about a 1000 miles away, I wouldn't risk any nonsense if I was the Spanish, they have enough internal strife with 50 per cent unemployment in the young.

 

 

If you put the Spanish argument to the test, you could say they should hand over the canaries to Africa as they are nearer Africa than spain.

Edited April 7, 2017 by wandringstar

[clakk]

Dont forget the 2 "Spanish" city,s that are actually Moroccan ,they don,t seem to be in a rush to hand them back double standards for tea signor .Why are the europrats not demanding theyre handed back to the country they are actually in

[Whitebridges]

I can't see any catalyst for change regarding posts #19 and #20 above.

 

I do see an opportunity to stir up the badly behaved spanish. We are exiting Europe and they need to know it. The rules have changed.

[matone]

Think we need to rebuild a navy before we start anything.......

[inthedark]

 

Wants wrong with liking Farage.?

 

He's just a one trick pony escapee from the wind in the willows.

[digger]

Sabre rattling from a small country with a failing economy, they can sail one of their rust buckets up the Thames for all the difference it will make.