You are indeed correct and I stand partially corrected!
The confusion lies in trying to encapsulate a very emotive & complicated subject on our beloved Twitter.
The roots of today’s EU rest in the 1950s and 60s. At that time, unlike today, the nation was divided (heavy irony)
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The confusion lies in trying to encapsulate a very emotive & complicated subject on our beloved Twitter.
The roots of today’s EU rest in the 1950s and 60s. At that time, unlike today, the nation was divided (heavy irony)
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https://twitter.com/bernarddugdale/status/1321004274223034368
Depending upon your point of view, Britain was involved, directly and/indirectly, as the EEC evolved and we chose to join the EU in 1973; and then with the Tories re-elected, the first referendum in 1975 confirmed this.
By then the broad outline of the fisheries policy 2/4
By then the broad outline of the fisheries policy 2/4
was agreed, including an extension of territorial waters from 12 to (in some case 100) 200 miles. Comment: this is tricky for us, as the Channel is only some 22 miles wide! (In international law, this is allowed for, by drawing a dotted line, in the middle).
But the point is, 3/4
But the point is, 3/4
we, the U.K. went into all this, with our eyes open & fishing quotas were agreed by majority vote (not sure if this is still true).
Interestingly British catch, in our own waters, exceeded that caught by others and, nevertheless, cash dividend from this, is some 0.2% or less
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Interestingly British catch, in our own waters, exceeded that caught by others and, nevertheless, cash dividend from this, is some 0.2% or less
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