Farage makes a fishy claim – but he’s to blame
Brexit Party boss claims our ‘gutless’ civil service will be to blame for illegal fishing if we crash out of the EU. Nope. He will be.
Vague Brexit future plan means worse deal on all fronts
The 26-page outline agreed by May and EU is much worse than our current deal with EU. And it’s so vague we don’t know how bad it is yet.
France’s rule-taking demands show deal will get even worse
To give us a trade deal, Paris wants even tougher “level playing field” conditions than those contained in the miserable “backstop”.
UK fishermen will be hung out to dry by Brexit
Fishing communities must beware that they will become just another negotiating chip in the final haggling for a future trade deal with EU.
Vassalage is the right word for May’s Brexit
The deal proposed by Theresa May will leave the UK as a rule-taker, not a rule-maker, for the foreseeable future.
Brexit is uncharted waters for ‘scallop wars’ fishermen
Today scallop fishers have specific rights to fish in French waters. Brexit could torpedo their fisheries access and viability of exports.
South West shifts against Brexit and for People’s Vote
The Leave-voting region is now slightly in favour of staying in the EU, with a clear margin for a People’s Vote, new polling shows.
Gove’s fishy party trick
Fishermen are victims of a political game where Brexiters pretend we can have the benefits of EU membership but without the disadvantages.
Adonis has to be ‘shouty’ for BBC to listen on Brexit bias...
Labour peer is facing flak for assault on Beeb over poor coverage of anti-Brexit marches. Better that than surrender ‘Aunty’ to Brexiters.
Scottish Tories could sink May’s Brexit on fishing failures...
Fishing could prove undoing of Brexit deal, if Scottish Tories in Parliament refuse to support deal without full control of waters.
Tories’ fishy promises could get gutted in Brexit talks
May, Gove and Davidson have all vowed fishermen will get “fairer” share of fish caught in UK waters. Will that survive the talks?
4 more brilliant Brexit brainwaves from Boris
From robots and submersible drones to literally invisible borders, we wonder how Johnson might follow his inspired Channel bridge proposal.