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Two recent decisions of the EU should act as a warning of the damage the EU could do if we stay in under the Withdrawal Agreement or by some other device to thwart the result of the People’s vote. johnredwoodsdiary.com/2019/01/01/the…
Whilst the EU has at last recognised that throwing dead fish back into the sea is bad for the fish, for the fishing industry & for the environment, their remedy threatens to bankrupt some small boat businesses by stopping them fishing altogether if there is too much bycatch.
There is also a recent European Court judgement which says that UK payments to secure sufficient electrical power under the capacity scheme are illegal subsidies. The UK had to go this route to comply with all the other power generation and environmental laws from the EU .
