To witness the Gibraltar-Spain frontier fence coming down overnight, Andy Burham becoming Leader of the Labour Party then UK Prime Minister, all while the FIFA World Cup was in full swing was truly a time to be alive. Eventually in 1908 the British erected an unclimbable frontier fence to clearly define the outer limits of the territory and stop smuggling. To avoid economic paralysis, the EU, UK, Spain, and Gibraltar negotiated a framework to incorporate Gibraltar into the Schengen Area. This culminated in the treaty that brought the frontier fence down on 15 July 2026, ending over a century of physical division. I considered going down to the border but whilst watching France v Spain in the big semi-final clash, we also had ‘Frontier Live’ running on a second screen and I couldn’t tear myself away.