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Article: So proud to be British-yet so cruelly betrayed.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- May 7, 2002
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Byline: STEPHEN GLOVER
WITHIN the next few weeks, the British and Spanish governments are expected to reach an agreement over the future of Gibraltar. They will propose joint Anglo-Spanish control over the colony and its 30,000 inhabitants.
However, Spain will not drop its claim to total sovereignty.
The agreement will be put to the Gibraltarians in the form of a referendum later this year. It is 100 per cent certain to be rejected. In 1967, the people of Gibraltar voted by 12,138 to 44 to remain British, and the same sort of overwhelming majority is expected again. A few weeks ago, some 25,000 people took to the streets of Gibraltar to show ...