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Here are a group of fishing industry leaders who are, to paraphrase, shitting themselves about going bankrupt once they can no longer sell fish to the EU without trade barriers:
1/ https://twitter.com/bbcmartynoates/status/1327958985614495744
1/ https://twitter.com/bbcmartynoates/status/1327958985614495744
Here are the signatories to that letter.
I wonder what these people used to think about Brexit.
2/ https://twitter.com/bbcmartynoates/status/1327959639112245249
I wonder what these people used to think about Brexit.
2/ https://twitter.com/bbcmartynoates/status/1327959639112245249
Here's one of them. David Pessell, director of Plymouth Trawler Agents.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1090295/Brexit-news-UK-EU-latest-fishing-fishermen-no-deal-Theresa-May-European-Union/amp
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https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1090295/Brexit-news-UK-EU-latest-fishing-fishermen-no-deal-Theresa-May-European-Union/amp
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Here's another. Barry Young, MD of Brixham Trawler Agents.
https://www.dw.com/en/will-the-brexit-save-uks-fishing-industry/a-19429648
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https://www.dw.com/en/will-the-brexit-save-uks-fishing-industry/a-19429648
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Here's Ian Perkes, director of Ian Perkes Fish Merchants Ltd. He wasn't so concerned about Brexit being bad in April 2018.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/leaving-eu-without-a-brexit-deal-could-cause-major-disruptions-in-uk
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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/leaving-eu-without-a-brexit-deal-could-cause-major-disruptions-in-uk
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Another signatory is Andrew Pillar, manager at Interfish Ltd.
Interfish's founder and director, Jan Colam, donated £25k to Vote Leave -- the 18th largest personal doner.
https://www.businessinsider.com/twenty-one-biggest-donors-to-the-leave-brexit-campaign-2017-5?r=US&IR=T#t18-jan-colam-25000-4
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Interfish's founder and director, Jan Colam, donated £25k to Vote Leave -- the 18th largest personal doner.
https://www.businessinsider.com/twenty-one-biggest-donors-to-the-leave-brexit-campaign-2017-5?r=US&IR=T#t18-jan-colam-25000-4
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Jim Portus signed the letter; he's CEO of the South West Fish Producer's Organisation.
Here he is in 2016, writing for Fishing For Leave.
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https://ffl.org.uk/the-case-for-taking-back-control-of-britains-fishing-industry/
Here he is in 2016, writing for Fishing For Leave.
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https://ffl.org.uk/the-case-for-taking-back-control-of-britains-fishing-industry/
These captains of the fishing industry openly campaigned for Brexit. And now, facing ruination, they plead they deserve special treatment. That their actions should cause them no consequences.
Who can I get to signal boost this? @carolecadwalla? @mrjamesob? @IanDunt? plz?
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Who can I get to signal boost this? @carolecadwalla? @mrjamesob? @IanDunt? plz?
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It goes on. The "plz don't let Brexit ruin me" letter was also signed by James White, of the Felixstowe Ferry Fisherman's Association.
Mr White was part of that ludicrous "Thames flotilla" publicity stunt that Farage did in 2016.
https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-06-15/british-referendum-campaigners-are-facing-river-and-their-music-rocks
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Mr White was part of that ludicrous "Thames flotilla" publicity stunt that Farage did in 2016.
https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-06-15/british-referendum-campaigners-are-facing-river-and-their-music-rocks
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Mark Greet, MD of Falfish Ltd signed the letter.
Unlike many of his co-signatories, he seems to have been clear-eyed about Brexit risks for fish exporters. If he could see this coming, why couldn't so many of his contemporaries? From 2017:
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/articles/what-brexit-means-for-uk-fishing/
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Unlike many of his co-signatories, he seems to have been clear-eyed about Brexit risks for fish exporters. If he could see this coming, why couldn't so many of his contemporaries? From 2017:
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/articles/what-brexit-means-for-uk-fishing/
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