Boris Johnson has dispatched two Royal Navy vessels to patrol the waters off Jersey, as the row between the UK and France over fishing rights deepens https://www.ft.com/content/d5de83a9-9da8-48b3-bca4-730c60fc7a8b
Post-Brexit rules require French ships to be equipped with monitoring devices and meet other criteria to receive licences to fish in British coastal waters, which they have complained are difficult to obtain, including in Jersey
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More than 50 French fishing boats converged on the port of St Helier, Jersey’s capital, on Thursday to protest against these restrictions https://www.ft.com/content/d5de83a9-9da8-48b3-bca4-730c60fc7a8b
France also threatened to cut off its power supply to the Channel island on Tuesday. The country supplies Jersey with 95% of its electricity https://www.ft.com/content/d5de83a9-9da8-48b3-bca4-730c60fc7a8b
Boris Johnson underlined his unwavering support for Jersey, saying that the threat of ‘any blockade would be completely unjustified’, according to a spokesperson, and that the vessels were sent as ‘a precautionary measure’. Here’s the full story: https://www.ft.com/content/d5de83a9-9da8-48b3-bca4-730c60fc7a8b
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