It is some time since I dedicated a column to Brexit but I am,
it seems, firmly in the minority. The UK press in particular
can't get enough of the subject and we are bombarded with a
daily dose of related stories, both good and bad, depending on
their respective political leanings.
At the end of the latest round of negotiations, the European
Union's chief negotiator Michel Barnier and his UK counterpart
David Davis hailed progress and there is growing hope that talks
may be extended to include the UK government's new goal of a
two-year transition deal — effectively delaying the full
effects of Brexit until 2021.
However we must work on the basis that at the end of March 2019,
the UK – and by extension Gibraltar too – will no
longer be part of the EU. Sure, there are things we don't yet
know but our departure from the bloc is more or less set in
stone.
