Re: Remainers
Originally Posted by
Takahashi
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I agree. The fishing industry has not got what it wanted from Brexit and, hopefully, that is something that can be fixed in the fullness of time. But what was agreed over fishing is only part of the whole agreement.
One thing is certain and that is that tweaks will continually have to be made to ensure the future arrangement will run smoothly. Take the NI Protocol for example; if Unionists kick off big time over this then changes will have to be made. Frost is currently in talks about this particular problem. Unfortunately, the EU are determined to demonstrate Brexit will not work. They are being extremely petty over certain aspects like obstructing the flow of goods where forms have been completed using different colour ink. Childish or what?
I don't much like what happened to the fishing industry and neither do I care for a border down the Irish Sea. Having said that, I am happy we are out of the SM/CU and free of any influence of the ECJ.
I responded to Numbers because I was interested to know why he said UK got a bad deal. Maybe he knows something we don't?
Going back to the matter of what belongs to us and what the EU seems to think belongs to them, I find myself becoming increasingly annoyed the more I read about this, especially those ponies mentioned in another post.
N.I. is part of the UK, is it not? How dare those unelected bureaucrats in Brussels attempt to dictate to us what we can and can't do within our own land?
Anyone with any moral strength would tell them to get stuffed. If they are worried about illegal movement of goods over the N.I.-Eire border, then let them police it themselves.
Most countries throughout the world claim territorial rights over their surrounding seas out to 200 miles (or midway between them and an adjacent country). That includes fishing rights.
Countries like Canada, Greenland, Iceland and Norway all maintain their rights in the face of intrusion by others, including the EU. Why don't we?
Unless I'm mistaken, at the last moment before we were about to leave the EU, Boris decided to agree a trade agreement with the EU but appears to have been bullied into accepting it by handing over aspects of our sovereignty.
I have heard suggestions that his hand may have been forced by others including some large business concerns and possibly others who would benefit particularly from a trade deal with the EU.
Obviously, he decided to weigh these influences against the weight of the majority of the electorate who were determined that we would leave with our sovereignty intact.
I am one of those people, so I'm sure that my feelings about the present situation will be quite clear.
Sorry for rattling on!