Scotland's salmon farm industry risks decline as Brexit and red tape hamper growth – Tavish Scott
13/04/2022
Scotland’s farm-raised salmon is renowned across the globe and here at home for being one of the most nutritious and sustainable products we can eat.
An island nation must trade with its nearest mainland, whatever our new Brexit opportunities minister claims.
On trade, finance, migration, food standards and more, the UK suffers fresh ignominy on a daily basis.
The Brexit effect: Scotland's food and drink industry needs more than rhetoric about 'taking back control' from UK government – Scotsman comment
23/05/2021
There can be few things more heartbreaking for a farmer or fisherman than to see their produce rotting in the fields, a depot or a container for no good reason.
Trade has plummeted and red tape has blocked our borders. Is that what ‘protecting our sovereignty’ meant?
The Falklands: Failed by Brexit
27/02/2021
ALMOST four decades on from the end of the Falklands War, another serious threat is troubling its 3,400 population. It seems that the British archipelago in the South Atlantic was a missing link in the Brexit negotiations. The Falklands fisheries sector, which accounts for the major part of their revenue, has been hit with crippling EU tariffs.
Four years ago, Brexiteers led an iceberg-worthy event on the Thames. Now they’ve ghosted an entire industry.
THE UK Government has been rightly criticised for the fisheries deal it made with the EU.
Our fishing industry was scammed in Brexit – Boris Johnson achieved a deal worse than the hated Common Fisheries Policy
22/01/2021
Despite the prime minister announcing compensation, British coastal communities have lost faith in the government.
Brexit and fishing: Why we’re all wrong
28/11/2020
'There are no benefits to our fishing communities even if everything goes to plan.'
From horse racing to fishing to road haulage, British industry is in chaos. No wonder leavers are turning on each other.
World View: British voters have been sold a dream, in the same way Trump peddled ‘Maga’ to the masses
Brexit: Endgame - Fabian Zuleeg
08/09/2020
The UK Government's recent statements make a deal between the EU and UK less likely, regardless of whether that is the intent or not.
Brexit as an ideological project has stripped the government of any sense of basic pragmatism.
The sort of minimal deal he is after would be a disaster for an industry that relies on frictionless trade.
The industry may become one of the starkest examples no-deal folly, with those dependent on EU markets facing devastation.
Small fishing companies are harmed not by the EU, but by government rules that allow big interests to corner the quotas
The EU withdrawal bill contains a power grab of critical devolved areas such as fishing and farming – and even aspects of our independent justice system