Samuel Marrache

I am going to run the equivalent of 10 Marathons in 4 months. Yesterday I promised to explain Friday's 5k. Here's the reasoning. Last November, with Raul Mesa I ran 180km for Prostate Cancer Gibraltar, in support of a group of students running for that charity under @dashforthetache . I completed the challenge — and ran myself into the ground doing it. I ended up dehydrated and with a detached retina 🤦‍♂️ I hated my body not being up to it! So this year, I'm giving myself more time — and a bigger target. I'm going to run 420km — the equivalent of TEN marathons (10 x 42k) — between now and the end of November. This is my last year at No6, and I want to use my final months in office to raise awareness and funds for Prostate Cancer Gibraltar and Breast Cancer Support Gibraltar — and to show that, however busy we are, we CAN all make time for fitness. (It will also help me shed the extra kilos I've picked up along the way!) My friend Raul is joining me again — he needs me to keep him on his toes! I'll be seeking corporate sponsorship to raise as much as possible for these two great causes, and I'll update you daily on my progress. For security reasons I won't be on Strava — but watch this space!

An agreement for the future relationship between the EU and the UK in relation to Gibraltar is now a reality. It is a historic agreement.

I appeared on La Noche on RTVE's Canal 24 Horas with Xabi Fortes and an invited panel to talk about #Gibraltar @xabierfortes rtve.es/play/videos/la-noche…

The events of this week have been hard and difficult. Imposing reciprocity at our frontier is something we only do in sorrow and not in anger. But it was a salutory reminder of what's at stake - for all sides - and why, exactly a year ago today, at the last election, you decided to put us back in Government and we won our FOURTH successive General Election with your support. At the United Nations on Monday, I could not have been clearer about our inalienable right to our land, the worthless legal nature of the UN resolutions Spain relies on and our balanced, reasonable offer of non-sovereignty compromises to resolve historic impasses as party of the Treaty negotiations. The ball is now firmly in Spain's court. A deal can now be done for a UK/EU Treaty where we all win, none lose, and ordinary people and workers see their lives improved, not damaged. Read up on everything else we have been doing this week: gslp.activehosted.com/index.…