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[tsubaki]

Lest we forget, it was the British industry that was selling those licenses though Pete, no one from Europe was making them do it. It was the market that the Tories are supposed to love in action. No different really to, say, Finmeccanica buying Westland .

Indeed, or going from London to Liverpool on trains from the Italian state railway.

 

[random]

We've been decimating our fish stocks since the 50s...

comes across as though the UK has fished everything out of the sea and has been doing since the 50's, but the UK fleet is only fishing approximately 30% in UK waters which is our allowable quota. Unless you mean a collective 'we' ?

I am not disagreeing with the sentiment, the fishing industry since the late 1800's and for about 60 years after has had it away and thought the good times would never end, a lot of people made a lot of money in their lifetimes and had no thought for anything else. Capitalism without some regulation is not a good thing.

Jim is right there has been succession of UK government who comoditised and liberalised our fisheries, with various policies. One such is how our government have managed the licensing...

The UK governments overall have been poor in practically everything they touch

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

comes across as though the UK has fished everything out of the sea and has been doing since the 50's, but the UK fleet is only fishing approximately 30% in UK waters which is our allowable quota. Unless you mean a collective 'we' ?

I am not disagreeing with the sentiment, the fishing industry since the late 1800's and for about 60 years after has had it away and thought the good times would never end, a lot of people made a lot of money in their lifetimes and had no thought for anything else. Capitalism without some regulation is not a good thing.




The UK governments overall have been poor in practically everything they touch

Yeh I look forward to the post Brexit UK government distributing their new fisheries policy fairly. It would be ludicrous that the same few company's and families who benefited from EU quota system continue their privileges under policy, however, I go as far as Gove and say the same few will gain. Rule Britannia...

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Yeh I look forward to the post Brexit UK government distributing their new fisheries policy fairly. It would be ludicrous that the same few company's and families who benefited from EU quota system continue their privileges under policy, however, I go as far as Gove and say the same few will gain. Rule Britannia...

I've ordered 15 licenses already. I don't have a rod and can't swim, but it didn't seem to inhibit my application.

 

[peteblue]

Lest we forget, it was the British industry that was selling those licenses though Pete, no one from Europe was making them do it. It was the market that the Tories are supposed to love in action. No different really to, say, Finmeccanica buying Westland .

Bruce, I agree. But now we can reset the clock.....

 

[random]

I don't have a rod

No rod ? you don't know the fun you are missing out on Bruce

 

[peteblue]

Those super vessels are disgusting but is probably more of an argument against capitalism than the Eu in my opinion.

I‘m not sure it’s about capitalism, China has 250-300 large fishing vessels sat permanently just outside of the Galápagos Islands waters.....

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Bruce, I agree. But now we can reset the clock.....

That sounds less like the party of free markets and more like the party of planned economies

 

[spectateur]

I‘m not sure it’s about capitalism, China has 250-300 large fishing vessels sat permanently just outside of the Galápagos Islands waters.....

The Chinese have developed their own version of capitalism.

 

[Tea_drinker]

Bac

Bruce, I agree. But now we can reset the clock.....

Back to the 1950s.

 

[Alan Whittle]

That sounds less like the party of free markets and more like the party of planned economies

@peteblue has a five year plan. Now, about that tractor factory.....

 

[summerisle]

Reneging on treaty obligations.
Oven ready deal.
Little Englanders.
The Tories.

 

[tsubaki]

Reneging on treaty obligations.
Oven ready deal.
Little Englanders.
The Tories.

Its been several hundred years since there has been an impeachment in Britain, but if that is true then they should seriously look at doing it again.

I'd even suggest doing what they did to Laud, who for all his faults didn't ruin this countries standing abroad as much as that would.

 

[The binman chronicles]

If we keep saying no deal is a good outcome then people might start to believe that.

Until it happens and we are screwed.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

If we keep saying no deal is a good outcome then people might start to believe that.

Until it happens and we are screwed.

Then they'll whip up something about Christmas being banned on the BBC and people will not notice. Not that people are [Poor language removed] idiots like