Sep 22 - Gibraltar To King Felipe: “Never Means Never”
The Government has reacted to a speech delivered by King Felipe of Spain at the United Nations during which he called on the UK to agree a solution in order to restore Spain's territorial integrity over the Rock.
A statement from Number Six yesterday evening read:
“The days when territories could be handed over from one monarch to another regardless of the wishes of the people who live there ended a very long time ago. This is not 1704, when Britain conquered Gibraltar, or 1713 when Spain ceded it by Treaty for ever. This is 2016 when what matters most is the right of a people, however small, to determine their own future. It is regrettable that the mentality in official circles in Spain remains stuck in the eighteenth century. Madrid has still not come to terms with having lost Gibraltar over three hundred years ago. It's time they realised that they are never going to get it back - and never means never!"
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