“Hell will freeze over before any other flags fly in Gibraltar that are not our flags. Red, white and blue. Red, white and proud. Red, white and free!”

—  Fabian Picardo

[11 September 2013, We will never concede one drop of our waters to Spain, pledged Picardo on Gibraltar Day, http://en.mercopress.com/2013/09/11/we-will-never-concede-one-drop-of-our-waters-to-spain-pledged-picardo-on-gibraltar-day, MercoPress, 22 March 2014]
Speech to crowds in Casemates Square on Gibraltar National Day 2015.
2013

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