Fish Merchant Will Never Forget The Day He Met Johnson

[gulliver1]

Mr Perkes. Fish merchant .."Brixham Devon" , said it was a typical "rumbunctious" performance from Johnson, extolling the virtues of Brexit , and the huge benefits it would bring to my business, and I should start to expand my premises and take on more staff .That we would be so busy we would take the fish of the French, and to look forward to a very very prosperous future That was.. Jan 2021. "BUT " since Brexit, trade is 30% down, and is contemplating giving up entirely on the export side ,which was 75% of of his trade and having to axe twelve of his staff. My question to the loyal supporters of Boris on A.B
Do any of you think Johnson was telling lies again ??????.

[gulliver1]

10.13 But I did attract four answers from you .

[bobbinwales]

Ah... attention seeking then

[naomi24]

Even though it is the wrong sort of attention. :o)

[rowanwitch]

Just a thought.... If everyone else is doing well, is the fish merchant in question just not a very good businessmen. Has to blame someone,

[gulliver1]

10.35 You do not need to seek attention .You attract it automatically with the way you type you posts.

[naomi24]

I agree, gulliver. Bobbin's posts are always worth reading - and he doesn't try to pull the wool over his readers' eyes either.

[Peter Pedant]

Although a few of them are having a "lie in".
o gully you saucy thing you.

‘saying things that re untre is not lying’ : No it’s sheer stupidity.

erm no there are these things called - mistakes

I could say sir, that you are a blamed idiot - and I wouldnt be lying! ter daah ( pun intended)

When Paxo on University Cack up asks
Published in 1847.... and someone blaaarps - Vanity Fair
Paxo doesnt yell - you LLLLIIIIIEEEEEE ! that was 1848

it is what we call - - a mistake
a mistake

[bobbinwales]

But if its a deliberately mistake which could easily of been the case with boris who was sometimes ' a stranger from the truth ...

[vulcan42]

Knowing and printing a lie is not a mistake.

[douglas9401]

I agree, a mistake is, for example, using 'of' instead of 'have'.

Persistently.

[gulliver1]

As a fishing merchant Mr Perkes business is now subject to a four-fold increase in fees. For the export health certificates needed to transport fish to the Continent from £60 per shipment pre -Brexit to £240 now.On top af this there's custom charges of £250 for each time he sends fish via Calais then onwards to it's final destination eleswhere in Europe. .......All caused because of Brexit.

[New Judge]

//...since Brexit, trade is 30% down, and is contemplating giving up entirely on the export side ,which was 75% of of his trade//

The his solution is quite simple. The UK exports 80% of the fish it catches (or perhaps a little less now Mr Perkes has almost withdrawn from the export market) and it imports 80% of the fish it consumes. So those doing the exporting should sell their catches at home instead. It helps the UK's balance of payments, keeps the fishermen in work and saves carting fish about all over the place. Win-win all round if they'd put their minds to it.

[gulliver1]

You lot on here are so comical ,when you all gang up to defend the man who radicalised you.

[rowanwitch]

I'm not defending Boris, I am wondering why with increased demand for fish, with people trying to live healthier lives, he just doesn't switch to the home market. It's probably because what is caught in UK waters people don't know how to cook anymore.. They need a tv chef to do another series about UK fish and how to cook it... The fish marketing people need to put money into creating new markets. All we seem to get is mainstream shops is cod,haddock, pollack, basa, salmon, trout and tuna. Plaice and sole sometimes. If they got someone like Asda to do a British fish range we could ditch the Vietnamese catfish for good.

[New Judge]

//All we seem to get is mainstream shops is cod,haddock, pollack, basa, salmon, trout and tuna.//

Exactly right, rw. Many people in the UK will only eat fish if it comes in frozen blocks with instructions telling them how long to put in in the microwave. They deserve all the rubbish they are sold. Many of them buy fish which is simply labelled "fish" (or occasionally "white fish"). When you look at the ingredients it is usually Basa or Alaskan Pollock - both ghastly.

This island is surrounded by seas abundant with fish, yet we import 80% of the stuff we consume and people in the fish industry are moaning because the EU has told them they must complete their export forms in green ink and pay for the privilege of having their consignments delayed. They need to change their markets as you suggest.

[nicebloke1]

Your average shopper in the Uk cant afford the high prices of fresh fish. Fisherman complain that the British wont buy the seafood they catch around our coasts, so they export it. Have you seen the price of seafood of all kinds at the moment? and its not that much different too the summer months.In saying all the above, I did see people paying £5.40 for one crappy donut and milkshake last week, so some truth in NJs post. Not to mention the crappy food from Maccies that people think is good value, or more like less work involved.

[Hymie]

The solution is even simpler than NJ proposes – rejoin the EU.

[New Judge]

//The solution is even simpler than NJ proposes – rejoin the EU.//

What, you believe that is simpler than doing what a normal country would do - to declare that the fish in its territorial waters may be caught by their fishermen only (instead of being declared "Common resources" for plunder by any EU boat) and selling what they catch in the UK? I must have missed something.

[ynnafymmi]

@10.08.And 29% of SNP voters up here in Scotland.

[gulliver1]

Ynnafymmi @ 14.23 Best answer.