Lordy

[smokingboot]

Well, the new LJ agreement had me flapping for a bit. I've signed it because it says that the new agreement doesn't apply to paid accounts, so there you go...Besides, I can't imagine anything I write would be of interest to Russian interests,any more than they are to GCHQ or Facebook data miners. After all this business about Cambridge Analytica,

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[howlin_wolf_66]

Maybe my perspective on such things is overly simplistic, but my views on Gibraltar are thus:

It's closer to Spain than us, so they have more claim on it than we do.

If its citizens wish to remain ' British', they should come back to Britain!

[smokingboot]

Tbh, I can see historically why both sides lay a claim to it, I can see tactically why Spain would want it, but fair enough, the people should decide who rules them...But I don't know whether to laugh or cry when those who pay so much less tax than the average Britcit declare their utmost Britishness, and I just want to facepalm at the embarrassing jingoistic behaviour of so many.

Even close friends and a family member are shouting, 'They're doing it to provoke us!' As though the mere mention of a veto is justification for acting like a bunch of nutters! Whatever happened to Keep Calm and Carry On?

[howlin_wolf_66]

That inherently British sentiment seems to have been lost, I fear!