French fisherman’s threat to HANG British naval officer exposed as Brexit talks stall

[clearedforlanding]

BREXIT talks have been hampered by a conflict over fisheries, with both sides digging their heels in but maritime disputes have got so heated in the past that one French fisherman threatened to hang a British naval officer, documents unearthed by Express.co.uk can reveal.

French fisherman’s threat to HANG British naval officer exposed as Brexit talks stall | UK | News | Express.co.uk

In fairness you have been threatening HIM with gun boats.

[Eirikur]

So in 1981 someone made a threat and that is now a headline in the Express? They must have ran out of ideas

An article in the Advertiser on July 17, 1981, read: “A French trawlerman threatened to hang a Newark naval officer from the yard-arm when his vessel was taken in tow by a Royal Navy fisheries protection vehicle.

[Ploptimus]

Don't let them search any further back or Hartlepool will get in trouble for hanging monkeys.

The Hanging of the Hartlepool Monkey

[clearedforlanding]

They redeemed themselves with the beer can house,.

[Old Greg]

So in 1981 someone made a threat and that is now a headline in the Express? They must have ran out of ideas

They ran out of ideas when the ghost of Diana stopped planting them.

[GigiBronz]

Good old instigation... they have to set the ground for no deal don’t they?