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  • The choice for fishermen is especially stark- agree to continued EU fleet access to UK waters or lose market access for whatever they catch.

    They very best they can hope for is what they have today, and in future that might be taken away because we failed to process data correctly.

  • Imagine if you thought your life was shit and then clever fuckers from the city said things like "the very best you can hope for is what you have today"

  • I’d be cross, but it doesn’t make it any less true that I’ve voted to make my life harder, best case, or untenable, worst case.

  • It's not the way to phrase it no, but one of the local politicians pointed out the risks, and not in that way.

    A person still sore about the -english- idea to buy out fishers in the 80s nu the EU wint listen. A younger fish worried about shellfish access for NI fishers did.

    If people cannot point out risks in a balanced and fair way what should they do?

    If it descends into "I won't listen cos you are city (or country, that's just as bad) cha...

  • The reality that the Customs Union and Single Market are as good as a trade deal can get
    will slowly sink in. It came into effect on January 1st 1993, but had been agreed after Thatcher sent Arthur (later Baron) Cockfield to negotiate it, which he did in 1986.
    The Welsh, and other UK fishermen may complain about the Common Fishery Policy,
    but that comes as part of the package of voting for Tory Governments who don't care about their electorate.
    I hope the British fishermen are ready for a repeat of history.

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