Until at least the 1980s, Gibraltarians carried passports that said "Colony of Gibraltar" right on the front cover. "Gibraltar is not a colony and it is completely inappropriate to describe it in this way," Britain's ambassador to the EU thundered. Teacher Steven Grant did not seem much fussed about the terminology, provided that the border stays open. All we hope is that things on the frontier don't change either." "This isn't the 1700s ... it's 2019 and we're a city, we're Gibraltar, we're not a colony," said insurance salesman Jack Johnson.

Source: bd News24 February 06, 2019 18:11 UTC