Brexit: Rajoy tells Theresa May 'British expats can rest easy'
Sunday, October 16, 2016 @ 7:00 PM
SPAIN'S acting president Mariano Rajoy will back British prime minister Theresa May if Scotland attempts to hold a second independence referendum, and UK foreign minister Boris Johnson has insisted nothing will change concerning Gibraltar's sovereignty once Brexit goes ahead.
May and Rajoy met on Thursday at the Moncloa Palace, Spain's answer to the White House and 10 Downing Street, and details of their talks are now starting to come to light.
It was Conservative leader Mrs May's first visit to Spain since she became prime minister after David Cameron, for whom she was Home Secretary, resigned in late June after his attempts to please everyone by calling a referendum on Britain's EU membership turned out to please nobody.
Whilst 51.9% of those who voted – 37% of adult British citizens, which included 'passing through' and resident Commonwealth nationals but barred Brits who had been living outside the UK more than 15 years – celebrated the triumph of the Brexit vote, both Brexiteers and 'Bremainers' are becoming increasingly annoyed about the lack of any concrete plan after triggering Article 50, and the absence of any information about the promised lucrative worldwide trade agreements to be put in place to replace the 27-strong open market in Europe.
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