After Brexit - am I stupid or what?

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  1. NigelJ

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    The news bulletin I heard did say it was the French fisherman wanting Normandy to cut the power.
     
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    All sounds a bit childish to me.
    But then we are talking about French fishermen.:biggrin:
     
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    Hasn't Jersey always controlled her own waters? I don;t think Brexit changed anything in that respect for them
     
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    • pete

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      There is a power cable at Folkestone that goes under the channel.
      I expect they will want that one cut as well.
       
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        This is getting more bizarre:

        The AFP news agency reported that about 100 French fishing vessels would sail to Jersey's port on Thursday as part of a protest against the new rules, quoting the head of fisheries for the Normandy region, Dimitri Rogoff.

        The UK will send two Royal Navy patrol vessels to monitor the planned blockade.
         
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          They have. There was a separate agreement with the EU around fishing rights which expired when we left the EU - it was negotiated by Jersey. They have simply replaced it with a new agreement which the EU don't like. The UK is responsible for the defence of Jersey - which is why we are sending in the RN boats.
           
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          Maybe a good time to fire a ceremonial cannon or two - hearing those bangs should have the French waving their white flags by lunchtime.
           
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            Ceremonial canons? Id rather fire real canons af the French.:thankyou:
             
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              Nah, it wouldn't come to that - worst case, scuttle a couple of their boats and let the grumpy fishermen get their feet wet.

              Of course, the alternative is that we allow them to bully Jersey and the UK, but then we do the same and go and plunder their vinyards....
               
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                I like the word Monitor, we hear it alot
                 
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                  I think it's a type of lizard.;)
                   
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                    Wondering what would happen if they blockaded the harbour, and then we blockaded their blockade .

                    They wouldn't get any fishing done then.
                     
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                      I hope there are plans to lay an electric cable from England.
                       
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                        I was sad enough to look out consumption data etc the other night, and 2 x 1250kVA diesel gen sets would just about do it; three would give them a lot of slack. Not ideal, but at least it would help until we could lay an interconnect.

                        Unpopular opinion (as always) but this along with the vaccine mess demonstrates the very attitudes that those of us who voted leave saw coming.
                         
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