GIBRALTAR’s Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, has attacked Spanish politicians’ “outrageous attempts to bully and intimidate” British MEP Claude Moraes after he blocked EU legislation labelling the Rock “a colony”.
Theresa May's Government has steadfastly backed Gibraltar in the stand-off, insisting use of the term colony is"completely inappropriate".
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