What will Gibraltar's post-Brexit status be? Left out of the UK’s post-Brexit deal, the British Overseas Territory has been left in limbo ever since, operating on ad hoc arrangements BBCJoeInwood reports. Produced by lharriswhite
By Joe Inwood and Louis Harris-WhiteUncertain Brexit negotiations over a contested border, a troubled past, debates over sovereignty. It might sound familiar, but we're not talking about Northern Ireland.
The people of Gibraltar are fiercely patriotic, often called "more British than the British". But the reality is more complex.English is the official language, but people also speak Spanish, often switching between the two in a form of code switching they call Llanito.There is a great affection for Spain and its people, but an intense suspicion of the Spanish state.
"[No deal would] be uncomfortable in some ways, but even a negotiated outcome is going to be uncomfortable in some ways because we have to get used to a different way of operating in the movement of goods, in our immigration system." "That border tells Gibraltarians in no uncertain terms that Gibraltar is not Spanish. And the border also avoids any slippage into Spain."
"It will be terrible. He has to work. I have to work. I have to study. For the people that have to come to work here, they will be late and I will be late for sure. So it [would be] impossible to work, to have a normal life."
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