Oh Dear, French Fisherman Hit As They Can No Longer Plunder British Waters...

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/906529/Brexit-news-latest-fishing-policy-UK-EU-European-Union-French-fisherman
Apparently they mainly steal our fish these days!

[TWR]

Another way for the Illegals to enter with a few Euros in the right hands.

[Jackdaw33]

Don't you just feel so sorry for them (PMSL).

[ToraToraTora]

JD - I'm welling up here!

[Togo]

I see that the Norwegians have started to get sniffy about Brexit as well. Despite not being a full EU member they still have EU fishing rights in British waters and are one of the biggest plunderers of our cod shoals. That may explain their recent little hissy fit about our negotiations over terms post Brexit. Did you know that the EU has "agreements" in place with 20 non European countries to allow them to fish "EU" waters, including African countries. Guess where they all head for? Clue. It isn't the Med.

[Togo]

//Of the 35,000 tonnes of fish that arrive in Boulogne each year, two thirds come from British waters. //

Michael Gove apparently gets his brains from his dad.

[cassa333]

Not steal exactly but one of many good reasons to leave the EU.

Hmm wasn't the economy and money a factor for remain? Not very good for the economy when you can't earn a living from the sea around your home.

[Jackdaw33]

I must agree with one thing Aneurin Bevan said (Mikey's avatar and icon) : This island is built on coal and surrounded by fish, and only an organising genius could arrange a shortage of both at the same time.

[ToraToraTora]

spathy: "Micheal Gove spoke on this. Apparently his dad is a fisherman? His dad denied all claims the french were stealing our fish." - apparently they are using vibrational physics! PMSL!

[Mamyalynne]

What Ernest Gove actually said

https://www.politico.eu/article/michael-goves-father-my-fish-firm-wasnt-ruined-by-the-eu/

[Togo]

Ernest Gove's final words on the issue.

//“Everybody in the north-east knows it was Europe that did such damage to the fish trade. The common fisheries policy was a disaster not just for Aberdeen but all of Scotland. There wasn’t any future for my business. It closed as a direct result of Europe,” he said in a statement issued after his earlier remarks had been reported.//

[cassa333]

Actually, we have such a seemingly incompetent negotiating team we will likely give away our fishing rights and probably something similar with farming as well.

Watch and see how much we capitulate to the bully's for want of a strong negotiator.