200923 | Farewell, Gibraltar – Cornwall’s former neighbour in European Parliament decides which side its bread is buttered
Farewell, Gibraltar – Cornwall’s former neighbour in European Parliament decides which side its bread is buttered
Turn left at Tresco....Gibraltar had been part of the same Euro constituency as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
Photo by Adam Cli - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84412392
The longer term constitutional position of Gibraltar remains unclear. Gibraltar was captured from Spain during a war in 1704. Spain has never given up its claim to sovereignty.
Despite continuing pro-Brexit sentiment in Cornwall, there are those who will look at Gibraltar and wish that the tide of history might wash wider and deeper.
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