Rumours the royal navy are referring to the French vessel as belgrano have been denied by downing street tonightIt's on.
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Bit of a pissing contest going on hereJersey row: fishing leader says French threats ‘close to act of war’
Don Thompson says response from France is ‘like something you would see from Iran or Russia’www.theguardian.com
Jersey row: fishing leader says French threats ‘close to act of war’
Don Thompson says response from France is ‘like something you would see from Iran or Russia’www.theguardian.com
It’s stark that the French have not reached for the dispute mechanism but have made threats to the power and food supply in the first instance. Sort of sets the tone now.It's interesting isn't it - and feeds into the leave/remain debate/culture war here:
If 25 British fishing boats physically blockaded a French port it would be loudly condemned by the FBPE crowd as outrageous xenophobia - but because it's the other way round they are cheering the French on.
Would it though? 1) I’m not sure how blockading the port meets the definition of xenophobia. 2) if our fisherman were taking action to try to retain their livelihood, I can’t see why many would complain.It's interesting isn't it - and feeds into the leave/remain debate/culture war here:
If 25 British fishing boats physically blockaded a French port it would be loudly condemned by the FBPE crowd as outrageous xenophobia - but because it's the other way round they are cheering the French on.
Would it though? 1) I’m not sure how blockading the port meets the definition of xenophobia. 2) if our fisherman were taking action to try to retain their livelihood, I can’t see why many would complain.
If 25 British fishing boats physically blockaded a French port it would be loudly condemned by the FBPE crowd as outrageous xenophobia - but because it's the other way round they are cheering the French on.
Arent the States and China third countries as well?I am not supporting the French action but this kind of thing will become more common as a third country - our diplomatic power is much diminished, so countries like France will feel much freer to take the piss.
Yes but they're superpowers we're not despite whatever delusions certain members of our body politic might otherwise have.Arent the States and China third countries as well?
Pretty sure he's referring to the Jersey government, not the British. The Independent suggests it's the British but reading other sources it appears that the licences and their restrictions have been issued by Jersey and Mr Le Masurier does not consider this a fault of Brexit.This all seems quite mad, can't we just sent hundreds of plucky small vessels over to jersey with little generators and lots of batteries on? Channel Islands are a bit foreign though, not even properly British. Look at this traitor, i bet if he'd been allowed to vote in the referendum he'd have done it wrong.
Oyster farmer: ‘It has been an absolute disgrace by our government’
Chris Le Masurier, owner of the Jersey Oyster Company, described conditions placed upon the new post-Brexit fishing licences issued to Breton and Norman fishermen as ‘insulting […]jerseyeveningpost.com
Jersey fishermen say French demands are ‘grossly unfair’
Jersey’s fishermen have said they will ditch their fishing licences if the French fleets gets its demands.
Don Thompson, president of the Jersey Fishermen’s Association, told Good Morning Britain: “We’ve already told our minister - our licences, some of our fishermen have paid a quarter of a million pounds for our licences - we’re going to get rid of our licences and fish without licences.
“We just will not put up with those (French) boats being left to fish uncontrolled, unsustainably in our waters, whilst we’re subject to all sorts of constraints.”
He added that it would be “grossly unfair” if the French fleet got its way.
Jersey fisherman ‘pleased’ about presence of Navy ships
Fisherman Josh Dearing said he was “absolutely” pleased about the deployment of Royal Navy ships to the waters off Jersey.
He told PA that normally the crown dependency was “completely unprotected”, except for a few police officers.
“The French can be hostile. All of our livelihoods are in that harbour and if they wanted to they could cause damage,” he added.
This all seems quite mad, can't we just sent hundreds of plucky small vessels over to jersey with little generators and lots of batteries on? Channel Islands are a bit foreign though, not even properly British. Look at this traitor, i bet if he'd been allowed to vote in the referendum he'd have done it wrong.
Oyster farmer: ‘It has been an absolute disgrace by our government’
Chris Le Masurier, owner of the Jersey Oyster Company, described conditions placed upon the new post-Brexit fishing licences issued to Breton and Norman fishermen as ‘insulting […]jerseyeveningpost.com
I have a lifetime beef with the Channel Islands so I may not be wholly unbiased in my postings. It is necessary to destroy jersey in order to save it
they wouldn't need to if he hadn't dropped it in the waterStates of Jersey Police are dragging out the big guns...
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