{"id":1260848,"date":"2022-02-01T09:22:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1260848"},"modified":"2022-02-01T09:22:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:22:37","slug":"exclusive-fishermen-slam-boris-for-saying-he-got-brexit-done-despite-being-sold-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-fishermen-slam-boris-for-saying-he-got-brexit-done-despite-being-sold-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive \u2013 Fishermen Slam Boris for Saying He &#039;Got Brexit Done&#039; Despite Being &#039;Sold Out&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin 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style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2017\/01\/Fishing-for-Leave.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">British fishermen have reacted with fury to Boris Johnson praising himself for having \u201cGot Brexit Done\u201d on the two-year anniversary of Britain\u2019s belated break with the European Union, reminding Breitbart News of how they were \u201csold out\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s fishing industry was infamously sacrificed by Prime Minister Edward \u2018Ted\u2019 Heath during negotiations to join the European Economic Community (EEC), as the EU then was, in the 1970s, with the Tory leader agreeing that European fishing stocks would be shared out by Brussels as a so-called \u201ccommon resource\u201d after Britain\u2019s entry.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The great majority of Western Europe\u2019s fisheries were located in British territorial waters, and domestic industry was devastated as the bloc began doling out the lion\u2019s share of stocks to foreign vessels \u2014 with the situation only getting worse as it expanded to take in countries like Spain, further eroding Britain\u2019s quotas.<\/p>\n<p>The government had known the impact on British fishermen of joining \u201cEurope\u201d would be catastrophic beforehand, with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brugesgroup.com\/media-centre\/papers\/8-papers\/899-britain-and-europe-the-culture-of-deceit\">Scottish Office memo<\/a> made public years later revealing that officials had decided that \u201cin the wider UK context, they must be regarded as expendable\u201d \u2014 and taking back control of national fisheries becoming a rallying cry for eurosceptics for decades.<\/p>\n<p>However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/12\/30\/bow-group-leavers-pretending-boris-got-good-deal-are-kidding-themselves\/\">last-minute deal<\/a> Prime Minister Boris Johnson actually struck with Brussels was widely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/12\/28\/fishermen-boris-bottled-it-deal-defeat-sacrificed-industry\/\">condemned as a sell-out<\/a> by British fishing organisations with respect to their industry, effectively perpetuating the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) of the EU era.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Two years ago today, we Got Brexit Done  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CSxwBoxjJV\">https:\/\/t.co\/CSxwBoxjJV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aSwq1RtKM8\">pic.twitter.com\/aSwq1RtKM8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\/status\/1488096937102434308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBrexit most certainly has not been done as far as Shetland\u2019s fishermen are concerned \u2013 the UK has not secured control of its own waters and refuses to contemplate any change to fisheries management to which the EU might object,\u201d said Simon Collins, Executive Officer of the Shetland Fishermen\u2019s Association and a member of the Executive Committee of the Scottish Fishermen\u2019s Federation (SFF), in comments to Breitbart News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFar from becoming an independent coastal state, the UK is a highly impaired coastal state that lacks the nerve or imagination to even try and depart from the management regime imposed by the Common Fisheries Policy,\u201d he added, further referring to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/news\/opinion\/columnists\/brexit-the-betrayal-of-the-fishing-industry-has-been-incredible-and-shameful-simon-collins-3536779\">article<\/a> he penned earlier in January for <em>The Scotsman<\/em>, describing how both the British central government and the devolved governments of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have failed to defend the national interest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is impossible to understate the scale of the betrayal,\u201d Collins wrote at the time, noting that \u201cincredibly, the [Brexit deal] left parts of the industry worse off in terms of quota availability than they had been under the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be for historians to decide whether that staggering outcome reflected incompetence at the top of government or stemmed from a hope that fishers would be too daft to notice,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fishermen: Boris \u2018Bottled It\u2019, Brexit Deal \u2018A Defeat\u2019 for \u2018Sacrificed\u2019 Industry <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UMLmq053aZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/UMLmq053aZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1343576942620987393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe dreams and aspirations of the vast majority of fishermen were shattered the moment the details of the Brexit deal became known,\u201d noted Mike Park OBE, Chief Executive of the Scottish White Fish Producers Association.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only did it not deliver on the promises of the Prime minister and other top Ministers, such as Michael Gove, it cast the industry adrift with regard to making significant adjustments post-transition.&nbsp; Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2016\/06\/15\/pictures-farage-flotilla-clashed-bob-geldof-boat-river-thames\/\">day in the political sun<\/a> should have delivered far more than was achieved, once again the fishing industry of this country was sold out,\u201d he added, accusing Johnson\u2019s government of having \u201csnatched defeat from the jaws of victory, although the hyperbole from up high would continue to have you believe an alternative narrative\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a giveaway to the EU, practically none of what we were promised was achieved,\u201d concurred&nbsp;Leslie Tait, Honorary President of the&nbsp;Shetland Fishermen\u2019s Association and Vice President of the Scottish Fishing Federation, according to its website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt least Ted Heath did not promise anything in the big giveaway,\u201d the retired fisherman said of Johnson\u2019s despised 20th-century predecessor as Prime Minister and Tory leader, branding the 2019 deal a \u201chuge letdown.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PICTURES: Farage Flotilla Clashes With Bob Geldof Boat On River Thames <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CMuQdjtzXT\">https:\/\/t.co\/CMuQdjtzXT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TqvHx6S5EF\">pic.twitter.com\/TqvHx6S5EF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/743075968198279168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Jack Montgomery on Twitter:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>@JackBM<\/span><\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>ontgomery<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart 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