Nice to see the G welcoming the Gib deal. There is something for everyone and it shows UKG being far more able to push deals through.
The bit on the checks, however, looks wrong.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/12/the-guardian-view-on-gibraltar-and-the-eu-a-post-brexit-deal-with-something-for-everyone
The bit on the checks, however, looks wrong.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/12/the-guardian-view-on-gibraltar-and-the-eu-a-post-brexit-deal-with-something-for-everyone
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That won't be the case for Gib. Gib officials can allow people in only as far as the Spanish border guards. They, as, 🇪🇺 officials will have the final, determinative say on entry to Gib and to Europe.
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Let's not forget how good this is for Gibraltarians on the other side, as they'll no longer have checks in their daily life.
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It does highlight just how desperate everyone is to try to pretend it’s all normal when it’s not, and another example of how badly we misunderstood the consequences of the leaving
It doesn’t mention Madrid or Spain specifically but I’m sure if capacity allows there will be interest
Que Charles III rende l’Acadie maintenant !
But in reality the Gib ones will be decorative, not substantive.
Now, at Gare du Nord, you do indeed walk out the end of the platform.
Philosophically speaking everything in life is unresolved.
Brexit was a neo-fascist power grab dressed up as democracy, and Labour is in denial.
The UKG certainly doesn’t seem anxious to get started on article 49.