Bexit Lie No. 672: Fishing

[Paddy]

Bexit Lie No. 672: Fishing

Farage; Sunday Morning on LBC repeatedly mentioned that leaving the EU would mean that the UK could have “ a 200 mile fishing limit in the North Sea, excluding the English Channel”. Apart from the English Channel is not in the North Sea, there is nowhere in the North Sea where 200 miles would not infringe on another countries “200 mile” fishing limit. If each county surrounding the North Sea claimed their own territory, the UK would be left with mainly a 50 mile limit stretching up to 175 miles for less than 2.5% of the area.

[meridian]

This is the same Farage that sat on the EU Fisheries Commission, and only turned up to 3 out of 47 meetings, including critical meetings that gave away the UK fishing?

[SueEllen]

No it was his twin brother

[Bean]

This is the same Farage that sat on the EU Fisheries Commission, and only turned up to 3 out of 47 meetings, including critical meetings that gave away the UK fishing?

So an EU committee has the power to give away UK fishing does it?

Or do you mean some kind of proposal, that was then voted on by MEPs? (In which case, the UK was outvoted in each of the critical votes?)
https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/press-...ection-poster/

Look at the numbers at the bottom, and you will find the UK was powerless to stop it.

As you were.

[BrilloPad]

In the Cod Wars when I were a lad, I could never believe Iceland could take apart the RN.

It seems it was the USA who forced us to lose - the worry was that Iceland would side with USSR.

When is the UK going to grow a pair?

[WTFH]

This is the same Farage that sat on the EU Fisheries Commission, and only turned up to 3 out of 47 meetings, including critical meetings that gave away the UK fishing?

It was 1 out of 42, I guess the other 2 were drinks parties for him.

Although if he never bothered to turn up to debate the issues and never bothered to turn up to vote on them, what exactly was he doing apart from wasting tax payers money?
If politicians don't go to parliament and actually engage in debate and voting, then it is not the parliament's fault that the politician is a useless failure at his job.

[Eirikur]

In the Cod Wars when I were a lad, I could never believe Iceland could take apart the RN.

It seems it was the USA who forced us to lose - the worry was that Iceland would side with USSR.

When is the UK going to grow a pair?

Brexiteers already siding with and paid by Putin, so US was right

[meridian]

So an EU committee has the power to give away UK fishing does it?

Or do you mean some kind of proposal, that was then voted on by MEPs? (In which case, the UK was outvoted in each of the critical votes?)
https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/press-...ection-poster/

Look at the numbers at the bottom, and you will find the UK was powerless to stop it.

As you were.

More, or less, powerful to stop it than if we had had our paid representative providing arguments and debate in the pre-read committee meetings?

[Bean]

More, or less, powerful to stop it than if we had had our paid representative providing arguments and debate in the pre-read committee meetings?

Depends if those in the meeting even care to listen to any arguments, if there are gains to be had from 'taking away' the UK fishing eh?

Did you see the numbers of MEP votes?

I doubt all UK MEPs abstained or voted against the motions, but the majority wins (and by that, everyone but UK fishing it would appear)

[AtW]

No it was his twin ugly brother

FTFY