Spain keeps saying this:
" a territory for which a solution has to be reached in light of the relevant resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly of the United Nations"
and no one bothers to ask what they plan to
do about Ceuta and Melilla
So instead, the std answer goes into circulation:
""Gibraltar is not a colony and it is completely inappropriate to describe in this way.
"Gibraltar is a full part of the UK family and has a mature and modern constitutional relationship with the UK."
Ever-lasting truths: Multi-year budgets/ planning by necessity have to address the painful questions; more often than not the Either-Or prevails over Both-And.
If everyone is thinking the same, then someone is not thinking (attributed to Patton)