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Let’s conveniently forget that Gibraltar is actually territorially part of Spain, most essential facilities are provided by Spain, that a significant proportion of jobs necessary to it are held by Spaniard and that Gibraltar economy is due to it being a tax haven which would stop if it was part of Spain. Oversee territories are a shame on every countries that still hold them be it the UK or France.


> Let’s conveniently forget that Gibraltar is actually territorially part of Spain

it is most definitely not

it handed it over in the peace treaty that ended the war

> The Catholic King does hereby, for himself, his heirs and successors, yield to the Crown of Great Britain the full and entire propriety of the town and castle of Gibraltar, together with the port, fortifications, and forts thereunto belonging; and he gives up the said propriety to be held and enjoyed absolutely with all manner of right for ever, without any exception or impediment whatsoever.

full text here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Peace_and_Friendship_Treaty_o...

> Oversee territories are a shame on every countries that still hold them be it the UK or France.

meanwhile Spain has two enclaves of the exact same type of in Morocco, Ceuta and Melilla


> it handed it over in the peace treaty that ended the war

The fact that it was taken by force in 1701 didn’t magically teleport it from Spain to anywhere where it made sense for it to be part of the UK.

> meanwhile Spain has two enclaves of the exact same type of in Morocco, Ceuta and Melilla

It’s not less shameful.


as you appear to be some alien from beyond the solar system

on Earth: previously political boundaries were set on the outcome of armed conflicts

Great Britain won the last one against Spain, and gained Gibraltar as a result over 300 years ago

these days we are slightly more enlightened and tend to mainly believe in self-determination

the people living in Gibraltar wish to remain British

giving them up to Spain against their wishes would be an act of imperialism (commonly frowned on in the 21st century)




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