I think they’ve got enough trouble with the 50 they’ve got.
Mind you, we are pretty much right wing enough to be like “Little Texas” or some shit.
From what I’ve gathered, the UK gov sold off fishing rights to the highest bidder somewhere in the mid1970’s, which meant the French now take nearly 90% of the cod, legally, while the UK takes less than 10% (no idea who gets the rest of the quota).
We cared that little about it then, but now it’s supposed to be the make or break of Brexit?
Disclaimer: not a pro. Please put me right or correct me where I’m wrong.
Ta
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It’s even more infuriating: they didn’t sell off fishing rights, they allocated fishing quotas. And in good English tradition the fishermen saw an opportunity to make a quick fortune. So they sold off their quotas to large corporations, many of them foreign. So now about 55% of English fishing quotas are held by foreign companies and the very same fishing communities that happily sold off their quotas and took the money are basically demanding that they get them back for free by expropriation.
Interestingly enough the number for Scotland (fishing is a devolved competency) is 4% (2% for NI, 85% for Wales). It’s a chicken and egg problem at this point whether Toryism begets financial market speculation or vice versa.
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More disruption, and the Full English Brexit hasn’t yet been served.
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Four years on and i still can’t believe this is happening, this self-harm that 17+ million people inflicted on the rest of us and for what? Coming together is one thing but shame on all of them for doing this to us, they can crow about the EU being belligerent all they like but we had the best deal and it was called being a member of the EU. You don’t get to leave and then have a temper tantrum to get everything you want and the moon on a stick, that’s not how this works, that’s not how any of this works. Brexiteers really thought they could divide and conquer the EU over this, didn’t they? That other member countries would follow our path and want to exit but the brexit thought process and reality never had the best relationship.
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Thatcher was terrible in so many ways, but she wasn’t a moron. Unlike too many of the current Tory leaders.
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Ah, comprende.
Sorta.
But that was very illuminating, so many thanks.
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Wouldn’t the most appealing Brexit accessory be a canoe?
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and von der Leyen failed to overcome persistent rifts in a “lively” exchange during a dinner of scallops and turbot on Wednesday.
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ETA slightly ironic given Priti Patel’s threat to starve Ireland (and we will have food supply problems. Mind you, where there’s a border there’s a living to be made for the unscrupulous).
Plus: let’s run the cod war again, cos that was so awesome last time out.
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