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Brexit: No-deal navy threat 'irresponsible', says Tobias Ellwood Published image copyrightGetty Images Deploying Royal Navy gunboats to protect UK fishing waters under a no-deal Brexit would be "undignified", a former Conservative minister has said. Tory MP Tobias Ellwood described the threat as "irresponsible" after the Ministry of Defence said four ships were ready for "robust enforcement" when the transition period ends. UK-EU trade talks are continuing ahead of a mutual deadline on Sunday. The MoD said it was prepared for a "range of scenarios" after 31 December. Navy vessels are already ...

What the last 'Cod War' was like, by a veteran reporter As a young reporter, I was on board HMS Leander in 1975 and saw several hair-raising close shaves between the British and Icelandic boats British and Icelandic naval vessels faced-off in the 'Cod Wars' in the mid-Seventies Credit: Shutterstock Does Britain’s threat of ‘gunboat diplomacy’ stand a better chance of success in saving our fish and protecting our fishermen from France and the EU than we had against Iceland in the ‘Cod Wars’ 45 years ago? There certainly seems to be more determination on the part of ministers - at lea...