Boris Johnson, Jersey & Churchill’s ‘utmost fish’ policy
Boris Johnson has despatched two Royal Navy boats to Jersey in a fishing dispute with France:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57003069
For those who make their living from fishing Boris Johnson’s Brexit ‘negotiations’ on fishing rights with the EU and how they ended are a very serious matter indeed.
Johnson though is not someone noted for taking things seriously
He has previously waved a kipper in the air as part of a stunt in a political speech
When he had dinner with EU President Ursula von der Leyen during the final Brexit negotiations before Christmas 2020 he reportedly dined on scallops followed by turbot. Both are fished in UK waters with scallops being a previous source of dispute.
In October 1939 Winston Churchill’s Parliamentary Private Secretary Sir Geoffrey Shakespeare received the following memo from Churchill.
One morning I found on my desk a pink tab with a memo to this effect: “I am concerned about the shortage of fish. Parliamentary Secretary will immediately take up the matter with the Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff and the head of the Mine Sweeping Division to see if any trawlers can be released for fishing. We must have a policy of “utmost fish.” Parliamentary Secretary will report to me by midnight with his proposals. WSC.
Knowing Johnson this explains a lot…
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