The Sun’s Gibraltar campaign is wrong in so many ways

Each copy included a “pull out poster” for “patriots” to display in their window with the message “Hands off our Rock” written in both English and Spanish.

People were quick to point out the irony that The Sun launched its campaign with a front page message against Spain beneath an advertisement for cheap summer holidays to…Spain!

Others noted that the headline writers had failed in the spelling department.  “Up Your Senors” had neither the ‘ñ’ nor the ‘e’ that is required to correctly pluralize the word for “sirs”.

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Some Spaniards just laughed at the tabloid.

The front page of The Sun. They don’t know how to  spell señor with an ñ. And at the same time advertise cheap holidays to Spain. Hahahaha

Many Brits took to Twitter to express their outrage and embarrassment at the tabloid antics and to call for a boycott of The Sun. One called it a “national disgrace”.

It was pointed out that on the basis of its editorial stance on Brexit, The Sun shouldered some of the blame for the predicament Gibraltar now finds itself in. Britain’s best read newspaper had campaigned for Brexit, while residents on the Rock had overwhelmingly voted for the UK to remain in the European Union.

On Monday, Kelvin Mackenzie, the former editor of The Sun, had labelled Spaniards as “donkey rogerers” in a warmongering opinion piece in which he said European friends were quickly becoming foes

“Take the creeps running Spain. Thanks to Brexit they are flexing their muscles over Gibraltar.

“Could I remind them the locals have made clear in vote after vote that they don’t want the donkey rogerers running their efficient little outpost.”

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He suggested that the British government send a message to Spain to back off from Gibraltar by advising Brits not to holiday in Spain, kick out Spaniards living in the UK and even impose a special tax on Rioja.

The opinion piece made headlines in Spain with commentators astounded at being branded “follaburros” (Donkey buggerers).

 

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