The GSD has replied to the latest communication from the Chief Minister claiming that the Opposition is trying to undermine the Government on Brexit.

The GSD’s Deputy Leader Roy Clinton said:

“The Chief Minister really needs to calm down and stop crying wolf every time the Opposition comments on his handling of the Brexit situation. Anyone who has followed the debate in the House of Commons would have witnessed a very healthy and heated exchange of differences of opinion without resorting to nonsense about undermining the Country or Government.

“The fact is that the Opposition genuinely believes the Chief Minister should exercise greater care and restraint in the public statements he makes. Public statements at the highest level that a hard Brexit will not affect us because 94% of our business is with the UK and not Europe and that we are preparing for a hard Brexit as if it were inevitable, is not going to help us persuade a future U.K. Government that it should not give in to a Spanish veto of Gibraltar from a U.K.-EU deal.

“Whether the Government is leaving any stone unturned is irrelevant to that concern. The GSD Opposition will continue to hold the Government to account on what is a critical matter for the future of Gibraltar while of course still working together when invited to do so by the Government in the interests of Gibraltar.”

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