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Article: Between the rock and a hard place; JAMES REED has been to Gibraltar to test local reaction to a controversial new political process that has familiar echoes for Northern Ireland residents.(Features)
- Article from:
- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- June 6, 2002
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Byline: James Reed
WALKING out of the airport in Gibraltar is an assault on the senses for anyone arriving from the UK. The whitewashed apartment blocks against the background of a beating sun and glistening sea are familiar to anyone who has visited Mediterranean Europe.
It feels natural to see the Spanish flag fluttering a couple of hundred yards away.
But the policeman directing traffic is wearing the unmistakable white shirt and black trouser uniform and distinctive helmet of a London bobby. A red double- decker bus drives past and all the ...