Is the Navy ready for another Cod War? No | The Conservative Woman
THE Prime Minister, belatedly and perhaps not sincerely, considers no deal with the EU a likely outcome and has told his government to prepare for it. Skipping (for now) the question of how in the name of all that’s holy any government department can fail to have a tested, resourced and disseminated plan for no deal – now a fortnight away – let’s have a look at who is going to be in the front line: the Royal Navy. Given President Macron’s determination not to yield on fishing rights and the commendable cussedness of offshore fishermen in general and French ones in particular (in 19...