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Originally Posted by jfman

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I’ve commented on the fishing rights a number of times. All trade deals involve concessions- that’s the nature of capitalism. It is you who frames it in terms of “us” and “them” with the largest trading bloc on the planet.
When the "them" says, before the ink is dry on the Withdrawal Agreement, that he will keep us in perpetual Backstop (words to that effect) if we don't give away our fishing waters, the "us and them" is entirely justified.

If we do leave based on that agreement, then surely you, as a patriotic Brit, would not want to give in to that sort of blackmail.

I don’t see my comments as unconstructive. There’s no reason to be positive about a situation that makes the people of this country poorer when there’s a viable alternative.
Of course you don't. It doesn't make us much poorer (our 90.7% growth conversation) and your negativity is not fully justified.