At over 1,000 pages, has Sir Keir just agreed to the longest surrender note in history?

If it were true "Gibraltar retains its British sovereignty", it would not need 1,000+ pages to say it

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THIS HAS BEEN AN EVOLVING STORY SINCE WE FIRST WROTE WHAT FOLLOWS DURING THE NIGHT

In light of events this morning we are now revising this report with more up-to-date information.

This morning for the first time in the UK, we exclusively revealed parts of the legal text of the ‘Great Gibraltar Giveaway Treaty’ between the UK, EU and Spanish governments. These included the establishment of an airport management company to manage the British MoD airport, as a 50/50 joint venture between the UK and Spanish. This company will be headquartered in an EU country.

It seems extraordinary that a British airport terminal built on British sovereign territory, owned by the Ministry of Defence and with the airport operated overall by the RAF, should have some form of management applied to it by an organisation only 50% controlled by the UK, and headquartered in an EU country. The intrusion of an EU country in any aspect of the running of the airport could be considered an incursion on British sovereignty.

It should be stated that RAF Gibraltar also acts as a key, strategic NATO base. Furthermore, and whilst details on this are naturally few and far between, Gibraltar is home to a major SIGINT base, which monitors traffic in the Mediterranean area and beyond.

Former Brexit Minister the Rt Hon David Jones, now head of Reform UK's campaign in Wales, commented exclusively to us

“Gibraltar is sovereign British territory.
To contemplate placing a key national asset such as the airport terminal under the management of a foreign company, while granting Spain effective control over access by British citizens to our own territory, amounts to a clear surrender of sovereignty.
Under Keir Starmer’s feeble administration, perpetual retreat is repackaged as diplomacy.”
- The Rt Hon David Jones, 26 Feb 2026

David Jones was a senior member of the former EU Scrutiny Committee in the House of Commons, where he took a particularly interest in Gibraltar.

The rush to get this Treaty "in force"

We can also reveal that this Treaty is set to be applied provisionally - including all its provisions – in advance of its full ratification. This will occur at the end of the month following completion of the new border works which have been under construction for many weeks by the Spanish and Gibraltarian governments. The Spanish government acquired an area of land for this purpose and it is thought this work will be accelerated. This includes a new road for the airport.

This news comes from confidential Facts4EU sources and we will be updating it as more comes in, so please continue to come back to read more.

The quote below came from the Opposition Minister Wendy Morton before the full text of the Treat had been published.

Shadow Minister the Rt Hon Wendy Morton MP, speaking for the shadow Foreign Office team returning from Washington, commented exclusively to us

“The UK Parliament has still not had sight of the treaty document. This drip-drip of detail that we read or hear from others demonstrates exactly why Parliament needs to be able to see and scrutinise the detail.
It begs the question - Why, when others seem to have had sight of the detail, has it been kept away from our Parliament? It is outrageous to think that it could be applied provisionally in advance of ratification.”
- The Rt Hon Wendy Morton MP, 08.00am, 26 Feb 2026

Is the Government correct to have said UK sovereignty is not at stake? No.

[We wrote the following this morning, but again we were not wrong.] From the information we have been given, it seems that the Government's claims that no sovereignty is being ceded because of a clause inserted into the Treaty is at best disingenuous and at worse downright misleading.

What this clause appears to say is that no aspects of sovereignty are affected by the Treaty except those provided for in this very lengthy Treaty. The legal advice we have received on this appears to mean that many aspects of British sovereignty over Gibraltar could be ceded according to the full text. It is only those remaining which will be unaffected. We will be able to give more information on this shortly.

Our revelations in GB News went “stratospheric”, with the comments we obtained from Priti Patel

Following Facts4EU’s revelations on Tuesday about the ‘Great Gibraltar Giveaway Treaty’ between the UK, EU and Spanish governments, today we can bring you news of the imminent release in full of the long legal text, stretching to over 1,000 pages.

Published by GB News and then by The Daily Express, our Tuesday report which included outraged comments from Shadow Foreign Secretary Dame Priti Patel MP went stratospheric", according to GBN sources.

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In light of publication of the full text, Wendy Morton gave us a second quote

Shadow Minister the Rt Hon Wendy Morton MP, speaking for the shadow Foreign Office team returning from Washington, commented exclusively to us

“This is a treaty of over a thousand pages with profound constitutional changes that fundamentally reshapes how Gibraltar’s border, airport and legal framework will operate, yet Parliament has not seen a single page of it.
“Gibraltar is British. Its people have repeatedly and overwhelmingly chosen to remain under British sovereignty. Any treaty that hands Spain new powers over entry, residency, infrastructure or enforcement must be examined line by line by Parliament before it takes effect.
“Parliament cannot be expected to sign a blank cheque to the EU. We need the full treaty in front of us before a single provision is allowed to take effect.”
- The Rt Hon Wendy Morton MP, 11.20am, 26 Feb 2026

Who decides who enters the British sovereign territory of Gibraltar?

The Agreement provides that all necessary immigration checks will take place at Gibraltar’s airport – and if needed, the port – rather than at the land border.

Is it remotely part of British sovereignty to allow the Spanish, on British soil, to "arrest, search, detain, interview, place under protection a person, or seize or search property"?

No. we didn't think so either. Yet this is what the Treaty says.

In light of events this morning we continue to revise this report with more up-to-date information.

Observations

We are pleased to be able to bring readers the first details of what is contained in the full text of the UK-EU-ESP Gibraltar Treaty. This is a bit of a coup, which we are sure will be reported on extensively today.

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Reader Comments 6

1. Have You Wondered , Thursday, February 26, 2026, 08:19:

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Read the article above and then my post below and see if you can see the UK complicity with the EU and the irony? Brexit means Brexit?
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In todays news: UK to protect Ireland.
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Ireland is in the EU top tier economically but can't afford a bath tub with a gun.
The EU wants billions in membership fees to join the EU SAFE defence procurement club.
The EU cannot protect its borders from immigrants.
France cannot protect its channel borders.
The UK has to provide an immigrant channel taxi service from French waters.
The UK was a very major player in digging Europe out of the excrement in 2 world wars.
And then after the kicking it gave the UK after Brexit the UK now has to protect EU Irish territory !!!
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President of Southern Ireland Catherine Connolly's certainly got it right with this most profound statement: “Brexit is not the problem, Brexit is the consequence of the problem which is the failure of a ruling elite and compliant governments, our own included, to realise the democratic deficit that is an integral part of the EU.”
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Why does the UK (or any other nation) need another level of corruption and malfeasance above that which the UK has already?
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2. Sparky , Thursday, February 26, 2026, 08:31:

Whatever the arrangement it must work for the Gibraltar economy. And whatever the arrangement it is a result of Brexit.

3. Have You Wondered , Thursday, February 26, 2026, 08:42:

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2 Sparky. " And whatever the arrangement it is a result of Brexit."
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Indeed - and Brexit was caused by - as President of Southern Ireland Catherine Connolly's said with this most profound statement: “....Brexit is the consequence of the problem which is the failure of a ruling elite and compliant governments, our own included, to realise the democratic deficit that is an integral part of the EU.”
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4. Mr Sceptic , Thursday, February 26, 2026, 10:34:

I am glad the UK government is addressing the concerns and issues raised by the Gibraltarians … and taking a holistic and pragmatic view. I want the UK government to take informed risk-based decisions and it appears that the UK government has made a decent attempt to do that this time.

5. NH , Thursday, February 26, 2026, 11:37:

4. Sceptic, "I am glad the UK government is addressing the concerns and issues raised by the Gibraltarians"
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Are they ?
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I thought the Gibraltarians where shocked and devastated when the Labour Government almost doubled the online gaming tax (Nov 2025) while exempting UK online horse racing and bingo from the tax. As online gambling is 30% of their GDP and the tax is a revenue tax they claim it will lead to significant unemployment, large cuts in public services and it will reduce the tax collected as companies relocate.

6. AlwaysBlameSomeoneElse , Thursday, February 26, 2026, 16:37:

Sounds a double-win for Gibraltar: no border with Spain and the Spanish provide them with resources to catch British criminals.

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