Out go the gunboats! Royal Navy sends four warships into English Channel to warn French trawlers to stay away from British fish as Brexit deal comes into force Naval warships left Portsmouth for English Channel hours before New Year’s Eve Assigned to protect the UK’s new fishing rights agreed in the Brexit trade deal Under … Read more
France was told its fishing boats will have ‘zero access’ to British waters if there is a No Deal Brexit today – as a senior minister that the UK was preparing to ”enforce our waters’. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab fired a warning shot at Paris amid after it was revealed four Royal Navy gunboats were on … Read more
Britain is ready to fight and win a new ‘Cod War’ with the EU if Brexit trade negotiations collapse, the Environment Secretary said last night. In an interview with the Mail, George Eustice said ministers have quietly put in place a ‘five-fold increase in our enforcement capacity’ over the last year in preparation for a … Read more