Fabian Picardo says Britons did a ‘massive disservice’ to Gibraltarians by voting to leave the EU
Fabian Picardo, Gibraltar’s chief minister, says he loves Britain but is “sick to the back teeth of Brexit and its consequences”.
With the protocol on Northern Ireland agreed on by the UK and European Union earlier this year, the Rock now stands in isolation as the last British territory left without a deal that clarifies its future relationship with the EU and its neighbour Spain.
Speaking to The Sunday Telegraph in the sober cabinet room inside Gibraltar’s government building, where a framed fragment of the starred EU flag commemorates the “sombre moment” when the banner was lowered from the border post on January 31, 2020, Mr Picardo said “the people of Britain did a massive disservice to the people of Gibraltar by voting to leave the EU”.
“I love Britain but Gibraltarians are sick to the back teeth of Brexit,” said the leader of Gibraltar, where 96 per cent of people voted to remain in the 2016 referendum.