No other British industry has provoked such polarised debate since the draft withdrawal agreement and the political declaration were published. We are told that Theresa May has betrayed the British fishing industry. Quite the opposite, says the government, backed by the biggest British fishing “union”, the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation. As Michel Barnier’s deputy Sabine Weyand pointed out in a tweet yesterday, the issue is not fish quotas in return for an overall trade deal. If this is taken as a “betrayal” to parts of the fishing industry, it will come as a relief to many others.

Source: The Guardian November 23, 2018 15:33 UTC