In all the talk about Brexit, there is one line of thinking that
keeps emerging. Given that our trade relations with the European
Union will be substantially altered in the very near future, and
given that those with the rest of the world have been filtered
through the prism of EU membership since 1973, shouldn't we
urgently be seeking to forge new relationships on our own
behalf?
Of course North America, Asia and the Middle East spring to mind
as key players in the global marketplace, but there is perhaps one
international association that has been overlooked for decades.
Step forward, the Commonwealth.
Here in Gibraltar, our government sent out a powerful signal
with a recent announcement. Currently, three flags – the Flag
of Gibraltar, the Union Jack and the Flag of the European Union
– are flown at important public spaces, including the
frontier with Spain, at the top of The Rock and on the Parliament
Building. When we formally leave the EU, the latter banner
