Bog off Froggy!

[GreenMirror]

If only the UK representative on the EU Fisheries commission had done something.

EU still busy working out ideal banana shape to do anything useful.

[Eirikur]

EU still busy working out ideal banana shape to do anything useful.

The urban BS myth that leavers keep coming up with:

Bendy Bananas - the Myth to end all Myths | News & Events | European Parliament Liaison Office in the United Kingdom

[Zigenare]

If only the UK representative on the EU Fisheries commission had done something.

Are they the correct office to deal with a dispute in international waters?

[GreenMirror]

So the French are going to send some police boats. Unlike the UK who will do feck all.

[sasguru]

So the French are going to send some police boats. Unlike the UK who will do feck all.

Budgetary constraints. Brexit is using up all the energy and cash and other resources.

[GammaMadrid]

Budgetary constraints. Brexit is using up all the energy and cash and other resources.

Might have been good to try out the new aircraft carrier.

[Eirikur]

So the French are going to send some police boats. Unlike the UK who will do feck all.

Why should the UK police send boats? Do you think French police can't keep them separated or do you want a clash between French and UK police at the edge of France's territorial waters?

[vetran]

So the French are going to send some Molotov cocktails & rocks . Good job the EU will intercede and keep the peace.

FTFY

[meridian]

Bog off Froggy!

From the sounds of it, there are no British laws preventing boats from taking the scallops, but there are French ones preventing French boats taking them.

Rightly, too, imo, due to this being the scallop spawning season. If the scallops are harvested early (ie now) then there will be a greatly reduced catch for anyone (British or French) next year.

Nothing to do with Brexit, just fishermen being *******.

[meridian]

Oh, and the main offenders can hardly be called “British”:

Worse, from the French point of view, the relatively small British boats that used to come over from Newlyn and Brixham in the West Country have been joined by mega-boats from Scotland. One of the vessels attacked on Tuesday night was the Honeybourne III from Peterhead, a Scottish vessel belonging to a Canadian-owned company.

The French fishermen complain that the large boats, with heavier dredging tackle and freezing equipment, are capable of hoovering up enough scallops in one day to keep local fishermen in work for a month. They also claim – and this is disputed – that the large ships leave the seabed like a “ploughed field”.

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...es-environment