Talk:Spain–United Kingdom relations

message: Well what shall we do with our blank page? There's loads of stuff to include:
*Anglo-Spanish War (1585)
*Anglo-Spanish War (1654)
*Anglo-Spanish War has others
*Gibraltar
*...
There's Scottish-Spanish relations too. 
Secretlondon 14:09, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Another thing that could maybe mentioned is the influence that the common threat of similar motivated and acting (and cooperating)groups like the ETA and the IRA has (or had) on those relations.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.230.1.28 (talk) 16:53, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Separatism/ Terrorism

message: *Spain restricting trade to its western hemisphere possessions, and subjecting random Protestant sailors in trading ships touching at Spanish ports to the inquisition and heresy trials (two factors which greatly inclreased tensions in the run-up to 1588).
*Spain being identified in the English mind with the unhappy legacy of "Bloody" Mary I of England and the policy of Regnans in Excelsis. AnonMoos 03:16, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Spain did not participate in the invasion but sent troops afterwards.  A number were killed in a air crash and there was little domestic support for them being there.  After the last election they were withdrawn. None of this has anything to do with Gibraltar, albeit the Gib regiment had more troops involved in the invasion than Spain. --Gibnews (talk) 19:00, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Some things that should probably be mentioned

message: This article deals almost exclusively on military and political conflict. There is no discussion of trade, tourism or cultural interacion. As such, it offers a very limited view of a much larger subject.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.4.112.58 (talk) 09:48, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Economic and cultural relations 

message: I believe the introductory paragraph of the History section is unnecessarily convoluted and unhelpful. I propose that it be replaced by the following wording subject, of course, to prior discussion and possible improvement.  Both the modern United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Spain were formed by unions of earlier historic kingdoms which were parties to armed conflict from at least the 14th century. In later centuries, both the United Kingdom and Spain became imperial powers and were in conflict over specific territories, notably during the European colonization of the Americas. The currently disputed political status of Gibraltar is the latest stage in a 300-year-old conflict for control of a strategically important location.  I see no point in making this intro summarise related information which is properly covered in wikilinks and the following subsections. Cheers Bjenks (talk) 02:20, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Spain – United Kingdom relations#History|History]] 

message: Phillip II of Spain was KING of Spain and England. Not king consort. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ASpanish_Empire&action=historysubmit&diff=277224519&oldid=277223453
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ASpanish_Empire&action=historysubmit&diff=276879383&oldid=276878941 --201.230.48.232 (talk) 01:41, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Phillip II as king of England, not king consort 

message: "They have many common laws due to EU membership. However, there are some, few problems that strain relations slightly."
Then the immigration of spaniards to the Uk and vice versa is shown. Why is this two way immigration a problem? sources please.--201.230.75.189 (talk) 02:18, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  WHY is immigration a problem? 

message: I think it is an exaggeration to say that relations between Spain and the United Kingdom are "very good". There are issues such as the Gibraltar dispute and the fishing that greatly cloud the relationship between both countries, being potentially even more serious after the 'Brexit' crisis.
Leaving diplomatic relations between the two nations aside, the relationship between Spanish citizens and British citizens is often mixed or not good. Issues such as the massive arrival of young British tourists and drunkards to Spain that very often create problems and damage to local citizens, throw themselves from the balconies of hotels dying enough of them or false reports of intoxication to Spanish hotels to be compensated , generate broad dedagrado in the Spanish population.
The fake news of British media alerting of the imminent eruption of the Teide volcano of the Canary Islands next to the articles centered on parody and mockery of the Spanish figure and its culture do not help to improve relations. This added to the eternal issue of Gibraltar and its regime similar to that of a tax haven and the historical political and military conflicts make the United Kingdom is not considered in my opinion a friendly country in Spain. I am a Belgian living for a long time in Spain and more or less is what I observe, although there are also exceptions to what I have described. JamesOredan (talk) 13:36, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  [Present Day] "Very good relations"