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Editorial commentary: Its 1973 all over again with EEC/EU (allegedly) demanding access to UK fishing waters |
The Daily Telegraph reported last week that (allegedly) the EU will demand continued ‘wide-ranging’ access to UK fishing waters as the price of agreement with Mrs May’s humiliating EU Backstop Plan. One can understand the EU wishing to ‘cherry pick’ such a deal when one considers the impact the loss of fishing rights will have on their Western Europe’s fishing industries, but it will make the 17+m people who voted for Brexit wonder just what benefit(s) we will get in return. (EditCom: A fall-back to ‘No Deal’, if the UK’s ‘Soft Offer’ is rejected, is not as ‘bad’ as Remainers have ‘painted’). One does have to wonder why Mrs May didn’t go for the ‘Norway option’ which would achieve the same benefit for a Backstop, while ensuring the UK would be ‘outside the Customs Union, the Common Fisheries Policy and the Common Agricultural policy’ and obviate the need for a transition period. (B4B: The EEA Option: “Norway to Canada” Could Be the Way to Go by Rob Lee ) |