Spain is handed the right to BLOCK Gibraltar from any Brexit deal by the small print. It effectively hands Madrid a veto over the deal as May could be forced to leave the outpost in the wilderness or quit Brussels with no deal at all.

An EU charter that has stopped some foreign criminals from being deported will be scrapped as part of an overhaul of laws to make Brexit work.

The Charter of Fundamental Rights, which offers a more expansive register of rights than the UK's Human Rights Act, has been seen by critics as stopping UK courts deporting criminals. It has also been used by convicted offenders to get news stories deleted from the internet under the so-called 'right to be forgotten'.

Brexit Secretary David Davis has confirmed the charter will not be written into UK law as part of the Great Repeal Bill, which transfers EU law on to the British statute book.

It may be seen to be far too damaging and costly to leave, and we’ll withdraw from Article 50.

Brexit: Government 'to stand up' for Gibraltar's interests
The UK has said it will stand up for Gibraltar's interests after the territory accused Spain of using Brexit to forward its territorial aims.

After reported lobbying from Spain, the EU's Brexit negotiation strategy is that decisions affecting Gibraltar will be run past the Spanish government.

i believe the Spanish are going use Gib as a bargaining piece because when we leave the EU they are going to lose the fishing rights in UK waters. when these waters return to us fishing will become a multi billion pound business for the UK ...

Brexit: No 10 'doesn't recognise' account of Juncker dinner - BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39770328

They come across as a right pair of arseholes as usual then...

How the UK government is making a successful Brexit difficult

Here is a thought experiment: what would it take, in practice, for a UK government to self-sabotage a “successful” Brexit? And how would that differ from current policy?

As it stands, however, it is hard to see how even committed Remainers could do more than the current government in sabotaging the UK’s prospect of a successful Brexit.