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Originally Posted by jonbxx
It's not clear at this point if the non-issuance of licences that the French fishermen was technically correct or not. There seems to be a gap in the number of licences issued and the numbers of French vessels who traditionally fished in these water but if there's not the correct evidence that the vessels had traditionally fished in those waters then unlucky Jean-Pierre. Of course, that is taking a 'purist view' to the TCA.
However, the cynic in me does suggest that the timing of this does nicely coincide with what's going on in the country and a certain parties conference next week.
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I smell something fishy here.
Meanwhile, something seems to have leaked from the Cabinet courtesy of the FT Comments section, a poster called
Sent in my Retirement.
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At cabinet meeting: 
"...So how can we assert Britain's dominance and fool people into believing we mean anything to the rest of the world? Oh and also something to distract the people from our failings to provide basic services like fuel, heating and food would be nice. Is that still happening by the way?"
Truss: I've heard an amazonian tribe is looking for a trade deal.
Gove: a union with Scotland?
Rishi: Boris, did you have a chance to look at that red box I left on your desk? there's some pretty grim foreca-
Priti: Phony war with France?
Boris: Ms. Patel you've got it! It achieves absolutely nothing at all, diminishes our standing on the world stage and embarrasses the nation's few remaining reasonably minded citizens. That's exactly what this government stands for. The base will love it. Call the Times, the Telegraph and the Sun - we've got a headline.
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https://www.ft.com/content/22f5d2f6-...a-8b8073cca1a6