Britain to declare war on Spain over Gibraltar? No chance, says Theresa May
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 @ 10:19 PM
SPANISH foreign minister Alfonso Dastis thinks Britain is 'losing its cool' after former Conservative MP Lord Howard hinted at a Falklands War-style battle to keep Gibraltar.
But UK prime minister Theresa May laughed off any ideas of armed conflict over the Rock.
“Bringing past situations like the Malvinas [sic, referring to the Falklands] into the equation is a bit out of context,” remarked Dastis.
“I think someone in the UK is losing their cool, but there's no grounds for that.”
As for Lord Michael Howard's allegedly stating Britain 'would go to war like it did in the Falklands to protect the people of Gibraltar', Dastis claimed: “He didn't exactly say that.”
But Spain's foreign office leader did not clarify exactly what Lord Howard did, in fact, say.
This said, he has been quoted as stating: “Another woman prime minister, 35 years ago, sent a taskforce halfway across the world to protect another small group of British people against another Spanish-speaking country.
“And I'm absolutely clear that our current woman prime minister will show the same resolve in relation to Gibraltar as her predecessor did.”
And Conservative PM Theresa May does not seem to be ready to send in the Army just yet.
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