QUOTE OF THE MONTH (bonus)

'I am (as usual) for extreme measures. I would like to say to Spain, if you do not open the Custom House in a week we will abolish all our anti-smuggling restrictions and we will not bother about the importation of arms into Cuba.'

A departmental note written by Joseph Chamberlain in 1897, in response to yet another dispute with Spain over Spanish tariffs against Gibraltar.

The Spanish settled.