In protest against the Brexit deal “betraying” fishermen, Brexiteers decided this morning to chuck some fish into the Thames.
Fish discarded! #fisheries pic.twitter.com/DJx4MecFti
— Christopher Hope (@christopherhope) March 21, 2018
I have tried to honour the death of this noble haddock, murdered by Nigel Farage upon the altar of Brexit, with appropriate verse. Rest now, fishy warrior. pic.twitter.com/jpl5L6yf3r
— Tom Peck (@tompeck) March 21, 2018
But just in case you thought “symbolic fish dumping” by the likes of Nigel Farage was going to put you off your morning, there is a silver lining. Or liner. Because the boat they hired for the press conference didn’t ask TFL’s permission, so ringleader Jacob Rees-Mogg wasn’t allowed to board, and the boat was not permitted to dock at any pier.
Blocked from boarding his Brexit boat, Jacob Rees-Mogg is now having to walk to Parliament instead pic.twitter.com/KLg0tHqEf8
— Michael Deacon (@MichaelPDeacon) March 21, 2018
Brexit boat latest: the fish boat is being refused permission to dock at any pier. It may be that the press conference will involve shouting from boat to land. A stunt that’s only really been pulled off til now by Jesus. pic.twitter.com/i5tOXJVS70
— Tom Peck (@tompeck) March 21, 2018
Honestly, it’s as if they don’t things through, isn’t it? It’s as if they prefer grand gestures to actually planning for real-life consequences. Funny, that.
Anyway, in case you’re wondering why Tory MPs and assorted eurosceptics are flinging haddock, skate and bass from a box into the river, they’re angry at the transition deal struck by Brexit Secretary David Davis this week, because it would keep the UK in the loathed common fisheries policy (CFP) until the end of 2020.
It could lead to a Tory rebellion against the final withdrawal agreement in the Commons. But judging by their inability to organise a boat trip on a… boat, I wouldn’t be too worried if I were Theresa May.
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