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In this special edition of #3Blokes, Jason Hunter and Graham Hughes travel to Gibraltar to speak to @PhilinGibraltar and discuss the impact of #Brexit on the British Overseas Territory known locally as The Rock... We discover that 96% of the residents of Gibraltar voted Remain for a damn good reason... In other news, the government created a minister for FOOD RATIONING last week.
On the 23rd June 2016, Gibraltarians were having their say on whether or not to remain part of the European Union. / As the count the next day revealed - to little surprise - the answer was overwhelmingly in favour of Remain. / We headed down to Main Street - and seven years on, the people we spoke to were no keener on Brexit.
As the EU finally ratifies the Brexit trade deal, attention shifts to some major loose ends.
Leaked No-deal Brexit planning documents from Operation Yellowhammer warn of the likely impact on the UK - not the worst case scenario, and have been likened to 'wartime' in peacetime by the Lib Dems
Following the recent Spanish elections, Andrew Canessa shines a light on the problematic nature of Gibraltar’s border with Spain, and the protracted efforts to resolve the issue.
Gibraltar has been caught between a rock and a hard place since the UK quit the EU.
Brexit has cost the GHA nearly £600,000 in ambulance transfers in the last two years alone. / This is because GHA staff do not have work permits to drive ambulances in Spain unless it's an emergency.
Lord Howard told Sky News that Theresa May would show the same "resolve" over Gibraltar as Margaret Thatcher had with "another Spanish speaking country" over the Falklands.
British supermarkets that have stores in Europe are facing supply problems because of post-Brexit rules on exports to the EU. It's affecting fresh produce at 20 Marks and Spencer stores in France, Morrison's in Gibraltar, and a chain of UK supermarkets in Belgium is on the verge of closure with no deliveries since December.
In a new direct Brexit spinoff, authorities at the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar have confirmed that routine patients may henceforth be ferried for treatment to Spanish hospitals only if their ambulances are staffed by Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) employees who live in Spain or by EU nationals, it was reported.
Territory’s economy at risk unless UK reaches agreement with Madrid over ownership.
The British Overseas Territories, while largely unknown to the British public, will be affected enormously by Brexit.
Europe Letter: UK’s reputation diminished as EU capitals digest declaration to break law
Britain itself called Gibraltar a “crown colony” for 268 years — from the time when it won the area in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, which ended the War of Spanish Succession, right up until 1981...
British visitors to Gibraltar could face Schengen Area checks on touchdown, according to the minister conducting post-Brexit negotiations with the European Commission.
Plan could mean British visitors to the overseas territory losing some of their 90-day allowance for travel in Europe.
As the possibility of a no-deal Brexit scenario increases, and the government publishes its “no-deal preparedness” notices, it is worth taking stock of the sheer variety of problems that would arise with a no-deal Brexit – and the devastating consequences that would arise from such a legal limbo. Here’s what we know so far.
The Spanish workers of La Línea de la Concepción are at the ready to celebrate the removal of the Gibraltar border controls. And they have reason to.
Downing Street admits prime minister had warned Spain would exploit any bid to renegotiate withdrawal agreement.
The Spanish MEP Esteban Gonzalez Pons has told the European Parliament that Spain will defend its own priorities post-Brexit including the ‘decolonisation of Gibraltar’. This comes as the European Parliament today voted to support Spain's right to veto any agreement between the EU and the UK over Gibraltar.
‘We goofed it up, you have to fix it’, Ursula von der Leyen tells young people. / European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has said young Britons could still reverse Brexit by deciding to re-join the EU in the years ahead.
British and Spanish foreign ministers will meet in Brussels for another round of talks over the status of the disputed territory of Gibraltar following Britain’s exit from the European Union.
'All of Gibraltar’s political, social, trade union and employers’ representatives joined to campaign for the ‘remain’ option.' / 'Although the result in Gibraltar was a resounding 96% in favour of remaining in the EU...' /