We don’t want to fight, but by Jingo if we do, we’ve got the ships, we’ve got the men, and we’ve got the money too*! We’ve fought the Dagoes before, and while we’re Britons** strong and true, the Spaniards shall not have Gibraltar!
It’s not a belated April Fool; a row over a reference to Gibraltar in Donald Tusk’s draft response to Theresa May’s letter really has triggered talk of war between Britain and Spain. Tory grandee Michael Howard responded to the row by telling Sky’s Sophy Ridge that Theresa May would fight to protect Gibraltar just as Margaret Thatcher fought to protect the Falklands from “another Spanish-speaking country”. Michael Fallon has assured Gibraltar that the British government will go “all the way” in defending the Rock’s right to self-determination.
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