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*"One of the top Spanish diplomats of recent generations, Snr [[w:Inocencio Arias|Inocencio Arias]] – who was until ten years ago Spain's Permanent Representative at the UN - has recently recognised, in a memoir, that all of Spain's strategies for the recovery of Gibraltar have failed. We did not need to be told that, nor do we want any strategy to succeed, but he is right to have started a debate in Spain which in effect is telling Spanish diplomacy what we have been saying for generations: '''Wake up and smell the coffee: Gibraltar will never be Spanish!''' Yet in recent months, the attitude of [[w:Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Spain)|Spain's foreign ministry]] appears to have ignored the failures of the past and is working hard to secure even greater failures for the future." |
*"One of the top Spanish diplomats of recent generations, Snr [[w:Inocencio Arias|Inocencio Arias]] – who was until ten years ago Spain's Permanent Representative at the UN - has recently recognised, in a memoir, that all of Spain's strategies for the recovery of Gibraltar have failed. We did not need to be told that, nor do we want any strategy to succeed, but he is right to have started a debate in Spain which in effect is telling Spanish diplomacy what we have been saying for generations: '''Wake up and smell the coffee: Gibraltar will never be Spanish!''' Yet in recent months, the attitude of [[w:Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Spain)|Spain's foreign ministry]] appears to have ignored the failures of the past and is working hard to secure even greater failures for the future." |
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**{{cite news |last= |first= |date=15 June 2012 |title=United Nations Committee Of 24 Address By Chief Minister Fabian Picardo |url=http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=25157 |newspaper=[[w:Gibraltar Chronicle|Gibraltar Chronicle]] |location= |publisher= |accessdate= 22 March 2014}} |
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**Address to the [[w:Special Committee on Decolonisation|Special Committee on Decolonisation]] in [[w:New York|New York]] |
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*"This is the Rock of the Gibraltarians. This is our land. This is our home. This is our Rock. Only we can decide its future. And we are not here to ask anyone for the right to self determination. '''We are here to assert that we ''have'' the right to self determination.''' And only we can decide the destiny of this Rock and no [[w:Treaty of Utrecht|300-year old treaty]] and no threats will ever intimidate us. So in case anybody needs reminding, '''we will never concede one grain of sand, one breath of our air, or one drop of our waters. Not one drop!'''" |
*"This is the Rock of the Gibraltarians. This is our land. This is our home. This is our Rock. Only we can decide its future. And we are not here to ask anyone for the right to self determination. '''We are here to assert that we ''have'' the right to self determination.''' And only we can decide the destiny of this Rock and no [[w:Treaty of Utrecht|300-year old treaty]] and no threats will ever intimidate us. So in case anybody needs reminding, '''we will never concede one grain of sand, one breath of our air, or one drop of our waters. Not one drop!'''" |
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**{{cite news |last=Reyes |first=Brian |date=11 September 2012 |title=Red, White and Proud |url=http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=25966 |newspaper=[[w:Gibraltar Chronicle|Gibraltar Chronicle]] |location= |publisher= |accessdate= 22 March 2014}} |
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**Speech to crowds in [[w:Grand Casemates Square|Casemates Square]] on [[w:Gibraltar National Day|Gibraltar National Day]] 2012. |
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*"The position of the United Kingdom is as usual so nuanced that it's difficult to see where they are on the spectrum, but look, '''that's what Britain's like and we all love being British.'''" |
*"The position of the United Kingdom is as usual so nuanced that it's difficult to see where they are on the spectrum, but look, '''that's what Britain's like and we all love being British.'''" |
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**{{citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V39hgN_LyrI&feature=youtu.be&t=9m27s |title=Fabian Picardo (Chief Minister of Gibraltar) discusses politics in Spain and Gibraltar|publisher=[[w:YouTube|YouTube]]}} |
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**Describing the UK government's position on the [[w:Special Committee on Decolonisation|UN Decolonisation Committee]]. |
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===2013=== |
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*"What we have seen this weekend is sabre-rattling of the sort that we haven't seen for some time. The things that Mr [[w:José García-Margallo y Marfil|García-Margallo]] has said are more reminiscent of the type of statement you'd hear from [[North Korea]] than from an EU partner." |
*"What we have seen this weekend is sabre-rattling of the sort that we haven't seen for some time. The things that Mr [[w:José García-Margallo y Marfil|García-Margallo]] has said are more reminiscent of the type of statement you'd hear from [[North Korea]] than from an EU partner." |
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**{{cite news |last= |first= |date=5 August 2013 |title=Gibraltar chief minister accuses Spain of sabre-rattling |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/05/gibraltar-chief-minister-spain-sabre-rattling |newspaper=[[w:The Guardian|The Guardian]] |location= |publisher= |accessdate= 22 March 2014}} |
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**On the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation's comments about closing Spanish airspace to flights heading to Gibraltar. |
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*"Hell will freeze over before any other flags fly in Gibraltar that are not our flags. [[w:Union Flag|Red, white and blue]]. [[w:Flag of Gibraltar|Red, white and proud]]. Red, white and free!" |
*"Hell will freeze over before any other flags fly in Gibraltar that are not our flags. [[w:Union Flag|Red, white and blue]]. [[w:Flag of Gibraltar|Red, white and proud]]. Red, white and free!" |
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**{{cite news |last= |first= |date=11 September 2013 |title=“We will never concede one drop of our waters to Spain”, pledged Picardo on Gibraltar Day |url=http://en.mercopress.com/2013/09/11/we-will-never-concede-one-drop-of-our-waters-to-spain-pledged-picardo-on-gibraltar-day |newspaper=[[w:MercoPress|MercoPress]] |location= |publisher= |accessdate= 22 March 2014}} |
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**Speech to crowds in [[w:Grand Casemates Square|Casemates Square]] on [[w:Gibraltar National Day|Gibraltar National Day]] 2013. |
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Fabian Picardo (born 18 February 1972) is a Gibraltarian politician and barrister. In April 2011 he was elected as leader of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party and in December 2011 he became Chief Minister of Gibraltar after his party won the 2011 Gibraltarian general election.
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2012
- "One of the top Spanish diplomats of recent generations, Snr Inocencio Arias – who was until ten years ago Spain's Permanent Representative at the UN - has recently recognised, in a memoir, that all of Spain's strategies for the recovery of Gibraltar have failed. We did not need to be told that, nor do we want any strategy to succeed, but he is right to have started a debate in Spain which in effect is telling Spanish diplomacy what we have been saying for generations: Wake up and smell the coffee: Gibraltar will never be Spanish! Yet in recent months, the attitude of Spain's foreign ministry appears to have ignored the failures of the past and is working hard to secure even greater failures for the future."
- "United Nations Committee Of 24 Address By Chief Minister Fabian Picardo". Gibraltar Chronicle. 15 June 2012. Retrieved on 22 March 2014.
- Address to the Special Committee on Decolonisation in New York
- "This is the Rock of the Gibraltarians. This is our land. This is our home. This is our Rock. Only we can decide its future. And we are not here to ask anyone for the right to self determination. We are here to assert that we have the right to self determination. And only we can decide the destiny of this Rock and no 300-year old treaty and no threats will ever intimidate us. So in case anybody needs reminding, we will never concede one grain of sand, one breath of our air, or one drop of our waters. Not one drop!"
- Reyes, Brian (11 September 2012). "Red, White and Proud". Gibraltar Chronicle. Retrieved on 22 March 2014.
- Speech to crowds in Casemates Square on Gibraltar National Day 2012.
- "The position of the United Kingdom is as usual so nuanced that it's difficult to see where they are on the spectrum, but look, that's what Britain's like and we all love being British."
- Fabian Picardo (Chief Minister of Gibraltar) discusses politics in Spain and Gibraltar, YouTube
- Describing the UK government's position on the UN Decolonisation Committee.
2013
- "What we have seen this weekend is sabre-rattling of the sort that we haven't seen for some time. The things that Mr García-Margallo has said are more reminiscent of the type of statement you'd hear from North Korea than from an EU partner."
- "Gibraltar chief minister accuses Spain of sabre-rattling". The Guardian. 5 August 2013. Retrieved on 22 March 2014.
- On the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation's comments about closing Spanish airspace to flights heading to Gibraltar.
- "Hell will freeze over before any other flags fly in Gibraltar that are not our flags. Red, white and blue. Red, white and proud. Red, white and free!"
- "“We will never concede one drop of our waters to Spain”, pledged Picardo on Gibraltar Day". MercoPress. 11 September 2013. Retrieved on 22 March 2014.
- Speech to crowds in Casemates Square on Gibraltar National Day 2013.
