UK is Fucked

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    Meanwhile Norwegian fishermen ...


    “In consequence, there will be no British-caught Arctic cod sold through chippies for our national dish – it will all be imported from the Norwegians, who will continue to sell their fish products to the U.K. tariff-free while we are excluded from these waters. Quite simply, this is a disgrace and a national embarrassment,” Sandell said.

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    • We're taking back our fish!PhanLo
    • It's incredible. The fishing industry has been royally screwed.fadein11
    • There won't be any fish left in the sea in 10yrs yet we are constantly fucking fighting with other countries about who gets to catch the last few.Hayzilla
    • first one to catch them all wins, right?Fax_Benson
    • "national embarrassment”
      Is it an embarrassment when it's entirely expected of a government of half-wit toffs & useful idiots, who are almost exclusively...      Wolfboy
    • vulture capitalists with little of no personal stake in the fishing industry? The UK really is the perfect storm of the worst people at the controls...Wolfboy
    • at the wrong time plus an electorate who are in a state of perpetual ignorance when it comes to politics and the consequences of listening to spivs & grifters.Wolfboy
    • On the plus side, today I learned of the existence of Scottish pelagic fishing barons.Nairn
    • As a Yank, yes. Your incompetent and corrupt politicians and your moronic fellow citizens can be an embarrassment on an international scale.garbage
    • The corner bar serves a legit fish and chips, and I'll have some in solidarity when the day is done.garbage
    • the sandell woman tho is in charge of one of those massive industrial trawlers (apparently it catches 1/12of all cod and haddock in the uk)hans_glib
    • so i think we need to read her comments in that light. this in no way excuses the uk govt's uselessness tho.hans_glib
    • Nairn, the other week it was Bottle Merchants, this week it’s Scottish Pelagic Fishing Barons. HahaIanbolton
    • In the words of Bernard Manning ‘it’s a fucking disgrace’Ianbolton
    • ^ lol yesBluejam
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