Claustrophobic—or not?
A bad case of claustrophobia. A shining example of good neighbourliness. Those are the youth's conflicting views of the colony. When you feel hemmed in, the dream of integration with the UK widens your horizons and hopes. Access to the utc is a safety valve. Holidays abroad for children was one of Peliza's election pledges. In 1970, 500 pupils went to Britain at a cost of 114,000. In the catechism of British oratory, sports 'build character'. On the Rock, they are 'essential activities for preventing boredom and main- taining the morale'. The ux link will prob- ably be an acceptable palliative in the present row over conscription, too. At present, this is for four months at eighteen, then a fortnight every two years thereafter till the age of twenty-eight. This has led to demos. In Gibraltar, a demo is twenty-five people marching to the Governor's residence: the Convent. The select committee now consider- ing the issue is expected to recommend the end of conscription, the creation of a terri- torial force of 300 plus the bonus of an annual camp in the UK. •
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