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'Deep down no one knows what will happen if we leave the EU its all speculation'





The port town of Grimsby is seeking Brexit exemption for its seafood industry, despite voting overwhelmingly to leave the European Union in the referendum.

MPs were this week told that seafood should be given special free trade status after Brexit to ensure Grimsby’s industry is not damaged.

Key figures from the industry descended on Westminster to provide the Government with their vision for leaving the EU, outlining how they might tackle several challenges posed by a hard Brexit.

But the industry spokespeople may be hoisted by its own workforce – as the town voted overwhelmingly to leave the EU in the referendum in 2016.

   

Yet Grimsby's fish processing trade benefits enormously from exports to Europe.  The very last thing Grimsby needed was Brexit. Its almost like the fishing industry (the most pro brexit apparently) realise whats going to happen if we leave the EU.

Majority of Grimsby people voted to leave over the fishing rights because European fisherman are allowed to fish in British waters take the fish back to Europe and then sell it to us at high prices. That would be a bit like me taking your food and then selling it back to you at a higher price. Although it must be a smack in the face of British fisherman who voted to Leave to be told by Gove that Danish fisherman will still be allowed to fish in our waters.

The other problem is exporting it to Europe if our fisherman catch fish and we sell it to the rest of Europe it will have to go to Calais and if there is a problem exporting it through customs you could have thousands and thousands of pounds worth of rotting fish going off sat on the port and that will be loss money.

I think the other reason in places like Grimsby, Boston, Lincolnshire etc they voted to leave because they have a lot of migrants living and working in the towns picking the fruit and veg in the fields. The only reason migrants come into pick fruit and veg in the fields is the employers wouldn't be able to pay the Brits a decent living wage so the migrants are happy to do it for less which is wrong because if migrants work in Britain they should be paid on a par with Brits. Also too many Brits look there nose down at jobs like that because I think its the new culture especially with university graduates where they think they should be entitled to work into a job paying £50,000-£60,000 a year and its not like that, sometimes you have to start at the bottom and work your way up.

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As the old saying goes, 'Power corrupts'!, and up here in Scotland I can see many people veering towards the prospect of trading through an EFTA membership and doing away with this whole 'dilemma' that was previously flung in the Scot indy movement's face re being in the EU single market or not - remove the criticism altogether when the next indyref2 eventually takes shape!
As for the brexit fiasco, nice to see a second toerag minister, Patel, following Fallon to 'fall on her sword' and a shameless 'brexiteer' to boot!! It's a pity Johnson has not been rightly removed as well and I'd luv to see a whole raft of these shameless brexit b####### removed into a political wilderness but that is wishful thinking on my part. IMO these people, incl Farage, are 'enemies of the state' and lots of folk in this country should wizen up to this fact as well as the fact there is a huge ground swell of public opinion that would overwhelmingly change the political direction and stick with the status quo re UK-EU membership.

After what has happened in the last few days and even last week with the two scandals happening, it's very very hard to see this Government lasting. It would not surprise me if another snap election happens early next year which again would halt Brexit talks and in the end the closer it gets to March 2019 I can see another referendum being called.