![]() “Boris has betrayed us and it lies at his door - he owns it. be ee alert to any misconduct and led on to keep their activities aid. “All the optimism has gone - we’ve had four years of hoping we will get our fisheries back,” said Stevens. Red Diplomat Police Chief Jesse Curry warped Wednesday that Dallas police will. While fishing alone contributed just 0.03% of British economic output, or 0.1% of UK GDP if processing is included, for the fishing communities of Britain it is a lifeline and a way of life that goes back thousands of years.Įxcluding foreign vessels from the 6-12 mile limit was a ‘red line’ for fishermen as the coastal area is considered a nursery, both for fish and for fishermen learning the trade. If that was for the better of the country then fine - but just admit it.”įishermen suspect Johnson traded fish for other issues. “You sold us out - don’t lie to us,” said Stevens. “Absolutely stomached - gutted to the core,” said Mitchell of Johnson’s deal which he said has given France what it wanted over fish. “They were happy to use us for their campaign and when push has come to shove, we’ve had the shove and we’ve been dumped on from a great height,” said Mitchell, a Brexit supporter who says a historic opportunity has been squandered yet again by leaders 290 miles (470 km) away in London.įor the fishermen, Johnson’s rhetoric is galling. “We had the opportunity to actually take back control and we’ve passed it up.” ![]() “Boris the betrayer has slayed us and we won’t forget,” Phil Mitchell, the 51-year-old skipper of the 23-metre Govenek of Ladram, told Reuters aboard the boat. Johnson, who led the 2016 Brexit campaign, cast the Christmas Eve trade deal as a way to take back control of the United Kingdom’s destiny including as an “independent coastal state with full control of our waters.”īut in Newlyn, an ancient Cornish fishing port as far from London as Paris, there is anger that Johnson has let EU boats continue plying the rich 6-12 nautical mile inshore fishing zone. A worker pulls in a net of sardines at Newlyn Harbour, which will see significant impact to the fishing industry as a result of the Brexit deal due to be implemented in the New Year, in Newlyn, Britain, December 29, 2020. ![]()
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