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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:

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Here are the signatories to that letter.

I wonder what these people used to think about Brexit.

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Here& #39;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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Here& #39;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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Here& #39;s Ian Perkes, director of Ian Perkes Fish Merchants Ltd. He wasn& #39;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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Another signatory is Andrew Pillar, manager at Interfish Ltd.

Interfish& #39;s founder and director, Jan Colam, donated £25k to Vote Leave -- the 18th largest personal doner.

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The 21 biggest donors to the Brexit campaign

A complete breakdown of where the campaign for Britain to leave the EU got its money from.

https://www.businessinsider.com/twenty-one-biggest-donors-to-the-leave-brexit-campaign-2017-5?r=US&IR=T#t18-jan-colam-25000-4

Jim Portus signed the letter; he& #39;s CEO of the South West Fish Producer& #39;s Organisation.

Here he is in 2016, writing for Fishing For Leave.

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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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It goes on. The "plz don& #39;t let Brexit ruin me" letter was also signed by James White, of the Felixstowe Ferry Fisherman& #39;s Association.

Mr White was part of that ludicrous "Thames flotilla" publicity stunt that Farage did in 2016.

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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& #39;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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