Re: UK oversenstive
Gibraltar has a special, unique EU relationship. UK called it a colony till 1981. Only the name has changed, not status, it's not IN the UK, unlike Northern Ireland it returns no MPs.
The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands not only are not part of the UK, Gibraltar is not part of the UK either, but unlike Gibraltar which has full EU status, no other UK Crown Colony/Dependency is part of the EU. The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are under something called Protocol Three, which allows them to be in the EU Customs Union and Single Market.
If the UK is serious that Gibraltar isn't a colony, then they should return MPs to Parliament, like Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Cornwall do.
Not only are Cayman Is, Bermuda and other UK Overseas territories not yet implementing EU laws on banking transparency, money laundering and Offshore accounts, but the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are in violation of EU law too. The EU has officially complained about UK tardiness on these laws which the UK agreed. Switzerland has implemented them and isn't even in the EU.
Luxembourg, Dutch and Irish tax and banking are now compliant, or in the process of becoming so. The Irish Corporate Tax Rate is perfectly legal, the problem was Companies not even paying that due to offshoring "royalties" (Starbucks, Microsoft, etc,) or even illegal special deals (Apple).
Is the real reason for the Hard Brexiteers that they want parasitic behaviour to continue in the City of London (which gives UK its 5th ranking) and continued secretive banking, money laundering and Offshore accounts on UK controlled territories that return no MPs to Parliament?
Is the solution to Brexit for some UK Territories (Islands in the West) to get full independence, England to leave UK, and for Isle Of Man, Channel Is. and Gibraltar to join the UK? Downgrade the devolved Assemblies and rotate Parliament every 4 months or so between N.I., Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man, Gibraltar and Channel Is? Or have Parliament in Wales.
Also when will UK give back Cyprus territory and then there is their illegal action in the Indian Ocean?
The UK "bought" Chagos Archipelago, which includes Diego Garcia, from the then self-governing colony of Mauritius for £3 million to create the British Indian Ocean Territory. This was illegal. The Diego Garcia inhabitants were illegally deported.