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The French and British are at it again, as always. The British Royal Navy and French police boats patrolled offshore from the Isle of Jersey’s port of Saint Helier. French fishermen are angry about losing access to waters off the Jersey coast, thanks to Brexit, and have some 70 ships gathered for a protest calling for a blockade of Saint Helier.
Two Royal Navy ships, equipped with machine guns and helicopter landing pads, were sent to track the French demonstration. Macron sent gunships armed with a cannon. So here we have the old traditional hatred between the French and English that extends back to the 13th century. There was an English invasion of France in 1230, which was a military campaign undertaken by Henry III of England in an attempt to reclaim the English throne’s rights and inheritance to the territories of France held prior to 1224.
UK naval vessels arrive from Jersey as fishing queues with France increase
Two Royal Navy vessels have begun patrolling the waters of Jersey after Boris Johnson was sent to a deeper queue around fishing rights between the UK and France.
France has threatened to disrupt the supply of energy to the Channel Island as a result of the conflict, which requires it to supply ships with control devices and meet other licensing criteria.
The disagreement arises among the more general complaints of French fishermen over the difficulty of obtaining the necessary licenses to fish in the waters off the coast of Great Britain. the topic addressed The EU-UK trade agreement was signed last year.
Macron sends retaliatory French gunboat to Jersey amid rising tensions with UK
A couple walk on the causeway leading to the Corbiere lighthouse in Jersey, Channel Islands (Getty Images)
Tensions are rising in the English Channel today, after France sent a retaliatory gunboat to Jersey this morning to counter two British naval ships.
Two armed Royal Navy boats, the HMS Tamar and HMS Severn, were sent by Boris Johnson last night to patrol waters around Jersey amid a protest by French fishermen against new post-Brexit rules at the port of St Helier.
In a tit-for-tat move, French President Emmanuel Macron deployed one French naval boat with another on the way.
Boris Johnson deployed vessels HMS Severn and HMS Tamar to monitor protest
Ships are armed with menacing cannons and machine guns and are patrolling
One re-enactment enthusiast felt the urge to intervene with his own weaponry
Lone man shot a blank-firing musket into the water from Elizabeth Castle today
Footage shows him loading up his weapon before firing it into the harbour
Two Royal Navy vessels are patrolling waters around Jersey amid concerns of a possible blockade by French boats over post-Brexit fishing rights.
French fishermen say their rights to fish are being unfairly restricted under a new system introduced since the UK has left the EU.
Photo: AFP
France has threatened to cut off electricity to the island, which began issuing licences to French boats under a new system last week.
Fishermen who claim their rights are being unfairly restricted are protesting at Jersey s St Helier port.
No 10 said it was sending two Navy vessels to monitor the situation .
HMS Severn, which has previously been used to shadow Russian navy warships off the English coast, and HMS Tamar arrived near Jersey on Thursday morning.