The EU debate - Part III

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In May 2014 Farage led the UKIP to win the EU Election with 4,376,635 votes,the first time a UK political party other than Labour or Conservatives had won a national election in over 100 years. (taken from Wiki)

Elected as MEP on 4 separate occasions.

Outed Jacques Barrot, José Manuel Barroso, Joseph Daul & Peter Mandelson while your EU heroes turned a blind eye.

Quite simply, he delivered what he said he would deliver. Who else can you say that about?

In your own time sweety. <cheers>

He didn't deliver anything at the EU, the parliament he was elected to represent UK interests at.

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In May 2014 Farage led the UKIP to win the EU Election with 4,376,635 votes,the first time a UK political party other than Labour or Conservatives had won a national election in over 100 years. (taken from Wiki)

Elected as MEP on 4 separate occasions.

Outed Jacques Barrot, José Manuel Barroso, Joseph Daul & Peter Mandelson while your EU heroes turned a blind eye.

Quite simply, he delivered what he said he would deliver. Who else can you say that about?

In your own time sweety. <cheers>
How did he 'out' those people you mentioned
 
But you made it out he was a member, even though he left a long time ago.

Where did I say that?

I merely pointed out his hypocrisy in commandeering a fleet of trusting fisherman down the Thames when, in reality, when he was a member of the EU commission he demonstrated by his actions, or in this case, inactions, that he couldn't give a toss about the U.K. Fishing industry.
 
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Pretty much all bollocks really, every ****ing word <ok>


Have you been waiting since Boxing Day to use your "among" joke? I take it it came from a box of particularly ****e crackers.

So, no substance to your post then. Just the usual "it was posted by X so I will call it as crap, even though it is way above my level of comprehension" bollox.

Pretty much par for the course among you remoaners tbf. <doh>
 
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The greatest thing anyone could have done for the fishing industry was to get us out of the EU. That he managed this feat without attending those meetings just underlines how good he was.

I disagree. At the time of his membership of the commission he had no idea there would even be a referendum on our membership of the EU. Never mind that we would leave.

Quite simply, his job was to advocate the U.K. Fishing industries cause at the commission meetings. He failed to do so.
 
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The greatest thing anyone could have done for the fishing industry was to get us out of the EU. That he managed this feat without attending those meetings just underlines how good he was.
Most of the fish we like to eat are migratory and do not remain in British waters.

If you think regaining control of UK waters whilst losing access to Irish, Dutch and Norwegian waters is going to be a success for our fishing industry then I think you will be disappointed. We currently catch the second largest tonnage of fish of any EU country, only 30% is caught in UK waters.

The issue isn't really EU at all, it's about restricting fishermen to ensure sustainability, something we still haven't solved due to the fishermen themselves dumping by-catch so they can target more profitable fish. The better we can control this then the better it will be for the environment and the long term future of the fishing industry.

Sadly all Farage was interested in was promising jam today.
 
Most of the fish we like to eat are migratory and do not remain in British waters.

If you think regaining control of UK waters whilst losing access to Irish, Dutch and Norwegian waters is going to be a success for our fishing industry then I think you will be disappointed. We currently catch the second largest tonnage of fish of any EU country, only 30% is caught in UK waters.

The issue isn't really EU at all, it's about restricting fishermen to ensure sustainability, something we still haven't solved due to the fishermen themselves dumping by-catch so they can target more profitable fish. The better we can control this then the better it will be for the environment and the long term future of the fishing industry.

Sadly all Farage was interested in was promising jam today.

I knew that fish such as salmon were migratory, but are cod and haddock (typical "chip shop" fish)?
Sorry can't be bothered to google, but as a percentage, what are the numbers of the traditional type fish (again the chip shop variety) consumed against the more healthy fish options today. I'm kind of guessing the healthier type fish have overtaken the more traditional varieties?
 
The greatest thing anyone could have done for the fishing industry was to get us out of the EU. That he managed this feat without attending those meetings just underlines how good he was.

No, soppy bollocks. If we wanted to protect our fishing industry, we should have gone to war with Iceland in the 1970s.
 
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