Re: Maggy what have we done... @Hans1
First of all .... I am loving it, keep those downvotes acomin' ... you are all upset, and ... the more you are, the more I am celebrating!
Protectorate, colony ... name it the way you will ... it is a colony ... as in, a terrestrial area NOT DIRECTLY attached to the "entity" it belongs to.
Gibraltar is closer to a country commonly known as Spain, equivalement to Northern IRELAND ... I got into trouble when I was 16 ... I had used a black marker to "erase" Northern Ireland from my black and white passport ... apparently, UK immigration was not too pleased ... I told them I spilled some ink ... anybody could see it was a straight line of black marker pen ... they let me through ...
Colonies are a thing of the past .... open your minds, guyz.
Thanks for the downvotes, BTW!