It is a current fashion trend, the States is the same......the Union flag, or subtle references to it, is all over the place, a bit like the Stars and Stripes were in the 80's for a while.
Interestingly, Spain continues to adopt the same pose as Argentina does with the Falklands, in that it will only discuss sovereignty with the UK, refusing to include representatives of Gibraltar's governing bodies, the people don't count then it seems, further illustrated by these border...
Only 25% of the Gibraltar permanent population is British by origin, the rest are Spanish and Maltese, plus a scattering of others. 83% of the population were actually born Gibraltarian.
Here is the potted history, or should I say Spain calling the kettle black.....
Spain claims Gibraltar, a six square km Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom in the southernmost part of the Iberian Peninsula. Then a Spanish town, it was conquered by an Anglo-Dutch force in 1704 during the...