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Am in a bit of an angry/upset mood. So may re edit. Have added an edit my original post, even after adding a later post then update with a link.
There were no fishing boats involved, just people outside of an RNLI station.
The sentiment that the RNLI are for one group seems odd to me that the service is just for seafarers. If that is the sentiment, why don't seafarers pay for it? Only go out for seafarers and let the military/coast guard deal the rest. The RNLI is funded by charity, and I was last looking at RNLI they operate in many areas, from life guards on beaches, international help and education about water safety.
There is a logic that the gov should pay for the service, but we live a country that doesn't want to pay tax fairly. The getting out of hand is a direct benefit of brexit. Haven't some of the locals of sussex and essex been using their boats to bring clandestine people to the UK?
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I would be surprised if the 'protestors', for which read racist brexiteer scum have anything to do with the Hastings fishermen. The volunteers who man the RNLI lifeboat are predominantly taken from the commercial beach-launched fishing fleet, many of which I know and like. They will rescue anyone, including a bunch of drunken French yachtsmen I saw 5 miles out who had lost the ability to speak, let alone sail.
ColinTheBald
not sure what has been reported is entirely accurate, its more likely fishermen et al getting annoyed at this rather than a mob of Neo nazis. my dad lives in that part of the world and is part of the rnli/coastguard/fisherman community and there has been a sentiment amongst a lot of people that these services are run by volunteers and largely paid for by charity and was always meant for seafarers. lives lost by these volunteers is historically a very sore subject and there is a feeling that this should be paid for and attended to by the government and not having locals drop everything to do it for them.
they totally get people need saving, so they go and do it. but its getting quite out of hand for these stations. even when I have gone to visit over a couple days you see the boats and helicopters out, which isnt normal and someone is having to do this, local people dropping everything at any time of the day to risk their lives in a voluntary capacity.