Off le scale: French-baiting and fish puns show Brexit has reignited old rivalry
Analysis: Most recent fishing wars provide excuse for British media to trade cross-channel insults
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Analysis: Most recent fishing wars provide excuse for British media to trade cross-channel insults
The French have threatened to cut off energy supplies and blockade supply routes amid disputes over post-Brexit fishing access in UK waters.
As a French woman, I can only feel ashamed. This sense of rowdy entitlement is not just about angry workers; it extends from bottom to top, as the British know all too well.
French fishing barons have given Britain two weeks to grant them more access to its waters or face being cut off from crucial Christmas supplies.
For as long as humans have been fishing to feed themselves, they have also been fighting over access to the best catch. While we don’t have any records of