From Chagos to Gibraltar: Labour Is Giving Away Britain, Piece by Piece.
In a revelation that should set alarm bells ringing from Westminster to the Rock, Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, has confirmed that the fate of Gibraltar is very much on the negotiating table — and under the Labour government, it’s now a “priority.”
In comments that have sparked outrage among sovereignty hawks and raised eyebrows across Conservative benches, Lammy told Spanish daily El País this week that “a great deal of effort” is being invested to “close the deal” on Gibraltar.
Yes, you read that right… close the deal. A phrase that sounds more like a property handover than the careful stewardship of one of Britain’s most geopolitically sensitive territories.
This comes as the Labour government, with the ink barely dry on its Chagos giveaway this week, now enthusiastically pushes to tie up one of their last dangling threads of the post-Brexit landscape: the future of Gibraltar.
Lammy, fresh from handshakes at the UK-EU summit, admitted to being “personally engaged” in the negotiations, which he says are progressing with the European Commission, Spain’s Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares, and Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Fabian Picardo.
In an astonishing nod to the EU’s ambitions, Lammy’s remarks reflect a broader Labour mission to “reset” relations with Brussels. Translation? Britain bends the knee… again.
Though Lammy did stress that “any agreement must protect Gibraltar’s sovereignty,” his vagueness on red lines is already raising red flags. We’ve heard such promises before, often moments before caving to EU demands. What, exactly, does “sovereignty” mean when negotiations are actively involving Spain, which has made no secret of its long-standing claim to the territory?
The border issue, the key sticking point since Brexit, is being framed by Labour as a technical challenge. But it is anything but. The Rock represents not just strategic control at the mouth of the Mediterranean, but also the principle of self-determination. Gibraltarians voted overwhelmingly to remain British, and have repeatedly rejected any form of shared sovereignty with Spain.
Yet the tone from Lammy suggests a disturbing eagerness to placate Brussels, and Madrid, under the guise of “fluidity at the border” and “broader UK-EU agreements on defence and youth mobility.” Since when was access to schemes like Erasmus worth risking Britain’s control of one of its oldest overseas territories?
In classic Labour fashion, the party of backroom deals and bureaucratic appeasement seems more than happy to horse-trade Britain’s strategic interests for a photo-op with Brussels. The cost, as ever, won’t be borne in Westminster’s wine bars but by the people who actually live on the Rock — and, inevitably, by the British taxpayer.
If the Chagos fiasco is anything to go by, we can expect not only a humiliating concession dressed up as diplomacy, but also a multi-decade financial commitment quietly fastened around the neck of our nation. Who else pays to give things away? This Labour government, apparently.
With no timeline given, and no transparency about the terms, Lammy’s “priority” may soon become another huge problem. One can only hope the people of Gibraltar, and the British public, are paying close attention to what this Labour government is quietly preparing to give away.
