The UK has been accused by Spain of “treachery” and acting “under the cover of darkness” in an escalation of a war of words over the future of Gibraltar that risks derailing Theresa May’s Brexit deal. May defends under-fire Brexit plan: 'a deal is within our grasp' Read more Marco Aguiriano, Spain’s secretary of state for the EU, said on Thursday that his government could “stop the clock” on the negotiations, and force May and the other EU leaders to come back in December unless it gets its way in the next 48 hours. Madrid has insisted from the start of the Brexit negotiations that it would not tolerate the Rock, a ... (full story)