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rural Valencia, added: “The fact there is speculation that this may be linked to the future of Gibraltar is atrocious. “We are real people with real lives
and not pawns in some political game.” Negotiations over the movement of workers and trade across the
Spain-Gibraltar border are now in their second year and are bogged down in legal issues. A Facebook group titled ‘Invasion of the British embassy in Madrid’ has pencilled in October 13 for a protest outside the embassy in northern Madrid. The victims, who will mostly come by bus or train, are urging expats from all over Spain to JEWELLERS AND turn out to support them. They have been writPAWNBROKERS IS ing dozens of letters to NOW BUYING ALL their MPs back in the TYPES OF WATCHES UK and politicians in AND JEWELLERY IN Spain, as well as backing the Olive Press ANY CONDITION U-Turn campaign we ALSO, SILVER, ANTIQUES launched in June. So far demands to AND THE UNUSUAL
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HUNDREDS of angry expats are threatening to ‘invade’ the British embassy next week. They are converging from all over Spain in a protest to demand action over their inability to drive here due to Brexit changes. The group - including mostly long term residents - are furious the British and Spanish governments seem unable to strike the most basic deal. Meanwhile, expats in almost every other European country have been given the right to swap their licences for local ones. “It is totally unfair and really disgusting that Spanish residents are being trapped in a game that has nothing to do with our ability to drive,” said Scott Rattray, who lives in Lloret de Mar. “All the other countries managed to not treat their foreign residents like this.” Another victim, Tom Kington, based in
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Spain’s DGT traffic authority have gone unanswered, while the British embassy itself has limited its responses to the video updates by ambassador Hugh Elliott. Despite announcing in July that the ‘main text’ of the deal had been agreed, Elliot’s latest message has dashed any hopes that a solution is near.
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The latest missive, in which he admits there are a couple of ‘complex’ issues left, has angered the group, which now has over 500 members. “Politics first, people last. It really is indefensible,” Malcolm Weston told the Olive Press this week. Opinion Page 6 See Driven to Distraction, page 6
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