UK considers Spain legal action
The Government is "carefully considering" the possibility of legal action against Spain over the imposition of additional border checks on Gibraltar.
The Government is "carefully considering" the possibility of legal action against Spain over the imposition of additional border checks on Gibraltar.
London mayor Boris Johnson has said the deployment of a British naval task force to the Mediterranean should send a clear signal to Spain, while accusing Madrid of reverting to the blockade tactics of the Franco era.
Perhaps it really is a coincidence - as the Foreign Office claims - that we have just sent a fleet of warships to Gibraltar.
Maybe it's just a fluke that HMS Illustrious is about to bristle into view on the southern coast of Spain, complete with thousands of Royal Marines and other elite commando units.
But I hope not. I hope that one way or another we will shortly prise Spanish hands off the throat of our colony, because what is now taking place is infamous.
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