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The Tory Brexit sell-out of Scotland’s fishing 4 min read
Throughout the Brexit process, Westminster Tory governments have set up Scotland’s fishing communities as a bargaining chip in their Brexit negotiations.
Now, it’s become clearer than ever that Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal is a complete sell-out.
The Brexit fishing sell-out
From the start, the UK government has set up Scotland’s fisheries as a bargaining chip in the Brexit negotiations – proving that just like Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher, Boris Johnson’s Tories see our fishing communities as simply
“expendable”.
“complete control and full sovereignty” of Scotland’s waters.
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Throughout the Brexit process, Westminster Tory governments have set up Scotland’s fishing communities as a bargaining chip in their Brexit negotiations.
They have been selling out Scottish fisheries again and again.
For almost 50 years, the Tories in Westminster have described Scotland’s fishing communities as “expendable” in European negotiations, and Boris Johnson’s Brexit only reinforces that attitude.
Here’s how the Tories have broken their promises, and repeatedly sold out the interests and livelihoods of Scotland’s fishermen.
“Expendable” Scottish fishing
In the early 1970s, the former Tory Prime Minister Edward Heath began negotiating the UK’s entry into the EEC, which later became the European Union.