Has your "Z" bumper sticker arrived in the mail yet?
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
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.
Every border is a result of "taken from them at gunpoint." (It's not hard to find folks who had large pieces of Spain taken from them at gunpoint.)
Dependency isn't a claim. It is, however, a tool for taking.
It's like Hong Kong, in a sense. Land the UK took because it could from a weaker country due to its strategic location, but which is mostly integrated with it's former country in terms of labour and services.
(referendums in both were >99% remain in the UK)
What’s next? Claim Ireland maybe?
