May may send warships to Gibraltar. ¿Quiere atacar a España cuando estamos en baja forma?

Theresa May has been told to send the Royal Navy to Gibraltar during Brexit talks Former Ministry of Defence special adviser Luke Coffey has urged the Prime Minister to deploy British vessels in a “grand gesture” to residents of The Rock, which has been a British territory for more than 300 years. There are fears Spain will exploit the UK’s talks on quitting the EU, to take place once the Article 50 exit clause of the Lisbon Treaty is triggered by the Government, to push their sovereignty claim to the peninsula. Within hours of the Brexit vote in June, Madrid’s acting foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo had claimed the Leave result “opens up new possibilities” for Spain to take control of Gibraltar, adding: “The Spanish flag on the Rock is much closer than before”. He has since threatened to veto Brexit talks over Gibraltar and warned Spain would “make clear that Gibraltar does not belong to the UK” during the EU discussions. Related articles MPs urge NATO boss to act as ‘provocative’ Spain threatens Gibraltar 'Fantasy' SNP plot to explicitly tie 2nd independence vote to Brexit Mr Coffey, a US Army veteran who now works for leading thinktank the Heritage Foundation, called for it to be “made crystal clear to Spain that there will be a cost to pay for reckless behaviour”.
He claimed if Gibraltarians faced their land border with the Spanish mainland being closed, in the event of the EU caving to Madrid’s demands, Mrs May should consider supplying the territory by air. In an article for the ConservativeHome website, he wrote: “The UK must be prepared to respond with appropriate, firm, and proportionate measures against Madrid.” Mr Coffey said, primarily, Britain’s top politicians should concentrate on a cross-party show of support for Gibraltar. He advised Mrs May, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon and Brexit Secretary David Davis to “make a joint visit to Gibraltar as soon as possible”. He added: “To show that this is an issue of national importance, members of the Shadow Cabinet and representatives from other political parties in Westminster should be invited to join as well. (Whether or not they do so is another matter.) “The Ministry of Defence should also make a grand gesture by increasing the Royal Navy’s visible presence in Gibraltar. “This would send an important message to the Gibraltarians. The Ministry of Defence should also make a grand gesture by increasing the Royal Navy’s visible presence in Gibraltar. Ex-Ministry of Defence special adviser Luke Coffey Mr Coffey, who worked for Dr Fox while the Tory MP was defence secretary in the Coalition Government, also insisted Mrs May should not allow Spain to sideline the long-running dispute over Gibraltar as a bi-lateral issue between the two countries. He said: “This is what Spain wants. Instead, the post-Brexit status of the Rock must be addressed during the Article 50 negotiations with the EU. “While the status of Gibraltar is important to Spain, it is peripheral to the rest of the EU. It is unlikely that Brussels (or Berlin) will allow Spain to hijack the issue.” The funniest EU memes Tue, June 28, 2016 Here are the funniest EU memes on the internet. Play slideshow The funniest EU brexit memes IG 1 of 16 The The funniest EU brexit memes Live scenes from the Channel Tunnel Fox News shows UK as leaving UN not EU Straight outta Europe David Cameron resigns as PM Britain walks away from the EU Britain seen against the EU This meme see's Nigel Farage advertising cereal David Cameron went on holiday and brought back this t-shirt The internet mocks the Brexit predictions A funny meme about the EU regulations Samuel L Jackson is fed up with hearing about Brexit Homer Simpson jokes about the EU This memes lays bare a warning about the furture This argument was a bit fishy The internet mocks the Brexit predictions Mr Coffey also called for a special Whitehall unit to be set up in order to protect Gibraltar’s interests during Brexit talks, which could also “find sources of leverage against Spain” to strengthen Britain’s hand. He said: “Spain should be reminded that as many as 13,000 Spaniards from Andalucía rely on employment in Gibraltar.” Last month, a group of MPs urged the boss of NATO to “take notice” of Spain’s “increasingly unreliable” and “provocative” stance on Gibraltar since the EU referendum. In a letter to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Tory MP Jack Lopresti - chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Gibraltar - wrote: “It seems to us that Spain's behaviour as a NATO ally is becoming increasingly unreliable.” .

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