By Daniel Miller PUBLISHED: 08:22 EST, 6 August 2013 | UPDATED: 01:33 EST, 7 August 2013 Gibraltar's chief minister has asked Britain to send Royal Navy warships to the area in a bid to stop Spanish boat police making unauthorised incursions into the Rock's territorial waters Fabian Picardo an Oxford-educated lawyer and leader of the Gibraltar Labour Party, has now asked David Cameron to send vessels 'larger than the small craft it has now.' He accused Madrid of 'sabre-rattling' and behaving like North Korea after Spanish foreign minister Jose Garcia-Margallo's suggested introducing a levy on people crossing the border between Gibraltar and Spain.
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Fabian Picardo asked for a vessel 'larger than the small craft it has now'
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He said it was 'about asserting British sovereignty in a peaceful way'
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Spain suggested introducing a 50 Euro levy on people crossing the border
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William Hague insisted the UK will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Gibraltar
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