Re: Ben Habib & June Mummery on the Crap Fishing Deal
Originally Posted by
Donkeyman
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I just read your very interesting link Zaphod, and although it indicates that talks about fishing are ongoing and continuous
Ah, just like I have been saying all along then.
Originally Posted by
Donkeyman
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it also confirms all that l and others on this forum have been saying for at least 4yrs now, as opposed to your view that fishing is not worth arguing about ??
It says nothing of the sort; show us where in the linked report I gave it says that?
Originally Posted by
Donkeyman
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It also states that any delays in confirming our sovereignty over our territory will be to EU's advantage so the need for us to make haste in tying all this up is imperative? This explains why EU is dragging it's heels, but does not explain why Boris agreed a 5•5 yr
extension to the existing quota's ??
No it doesn't; as usual you misinterpret what is there for everybody to see.
Originally Posted by
Donkeyman
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PS. did you get your links mixd up ???
Not at all, but I read them and can understand what it says.
Further confirmation of what I have said before comes at the end of that report:
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Higher costs and a dramatic increase in the quantity and complexity of customs documentation are part and parcel of the UK’s decision to leave the single market and customs union. The difficult conditions faced at the border since the turn of the year– and ensuing delays, fatal to a perishable commodity such as fresh fish and live shellfish, owe more to a complex of factors. These include:
System and business readiness in different parts of the supply chain and at the Border Control Posts themselves
Different interpretations of the rules at different EU entry points
A conflict in interpretation that has led to an effective ban on the import of live bi-valve molluscs into the EU.
Work is ongoing – principally through the twice weekly meetings of the Exporters Stakeholders Group – to resolve the outstanding issues."
See?
Fishermen should have known change was inevitable as "part and parcel" of leaving the EU.
But instead of preparing adequately they've waited until problems hit.
Also (as you have said) work to resolve difficulties is ongoing.
Now if you and your buddies want to carry on getting worked up about something that you seem not only to not understand but that you are incapable of doing anything about, you carry on.
If you're busy moaning about fish you're leaving something else in peace.