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EU backs Spain over Gibraltar - what total tossers: buy the T-shirts

Tom Winnifrith
Friday 15 November 2013

If you were not short of reasons to leave the Evil Empire…here is another one. There is little doubt that the good folks of Gibraltar want to remain British. But bankrupt Spain has other ideas and has been turning up the heat on this issue with ludicrous border restrictions. And whose side is the EU on? Obviously..

The EU commission today states that it

has not found evidence to conclude that checks on persons and goods as operated by the Spanish authorities at the crossing point of La Linea de la Conception have infringted the relevant provisions of Union law.”

What the fuck? But it gets worse. The EU has decided that if anyone is doing anything wrong it is the wicked British and is demanding that we:

develop risk based profiling (in particular Gibraltar should ensure non-systematic and risk analysis based checks on travellers and their belongings upon exit from Gibraltar, optimising legislationand safeguards in view of contributing to an efficient fight against tobaccosmiuggling; and develop the exchange of intelligence on tobacco smuggling with Spain.”

So what is that about a single market? Jeux sans frontiers, etc.

At one level Sod Off Spain. At another It’s Time to Leave (the EU).  You can buy splendid T-shirts, mugs, hoodies, etc making both points only at my online store HERE

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