The Foreign Office has summoned the Spanish Ambassador amid a standoff over a ship that entered Gibraltar waters.
- *U.K. CITES `ONGOING INCURSION' INTO BRITISH GIBRALTAR WATERS
- *U.K. SUMMONS SPANISH AMBASSADOR OVER `CONCERNS' ABOUT GIBRALTAR
Sky reports [2], the Spanish survey ship has been in Gibraltar waters for more than 18 hours and repeatedly refused direct orders from the Royal Navy to leave. As a result, the Foreign Office has summoned Spanish Ambassador Federico Trillo to try and resolve the situation.
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One can't help but wonder if this is Rajoy's cunning plan to get the youth back to work... conscription?
(h/t @chamioncapua)