NEW: No10 insider claims victory on fish

“Even before the end of the transition period we will take back control of 130,000 tonnes a year, enough to stretch to the South Pole and back. After that we can fish and eat every damn fish in our waters.”

Alex Wickham NOBODY CARES ABOUT FISH.

The average person has no idea about what the old quota was and doesn’t really care about the new quota.

It’s just a thing for populists to try and claim a “victory” over, because if they can’t then they have to admit the whole thing is pointless.

@MenAreLikeWine_ TJ Alex Wickham Which is total bollocks. The number of fishermen in the UK collapsed long before we joined the EU.

Numbers employed in the industry fell by 55% between 1948 & 1970.