France Again (you couldn’t make it up)

The Jersey issue is nothing to do with British officials though is it?
Do you reckon? A way for Boris (in the background) to stir the pot, cause a few problems. Even the Jersey fisherman have slagged of their governing body for the way the licences were handled.
 
The only things the French are good at are demos, strikes and disruption, even against their own Government and people. They use the EU rules when it suits them (protections and subsidies for inefficient farming being one) and ignore the EU rules when it they don't. It makes me laugh when they they prevent imports of our agricultural and fresh produce when the UK health standards are often better than those in France. And they have always had a chip on their shoulder against the British, De Gaulle being a prime example.
They're fairly decent at food and wine and they invented cinema and photography, so all the good stuff really.
 
Are Jersey going to put their hands in their pockets to cover the cost of the Royal Navy, or are the UK picking up the bill?

Answers of a postcard please.
Do Gibraltar or the Falklands Islands put their hands in their pockets to pay the Royal Navy?
Do Cyprus put their hands in their pockets for the cost of the Royal Airforce being there?

Nobber Fool.
 
Do you reckon? A way for Boris (in the background) to stir the pot, cause a few problems. Even the Jersey fisherman have slagged of their governing body for the way the licences were handled.

Stir the pot and cause a few problems?

Why would Boris choose to cause more problems? Don't you think he has enough of them?
 
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Do Gibraltar or the Falklands Islands put their hands in their pockets to pay the Royal Navy?
Do Cyprus put their hands in their pockets for the cost of the Royal Airforce being there?

Nobber Fool.
More to the point do Jacob Rees Mogg and his mates put their hands in their pockets to pay for the Royal Navy and Airforce?
 
Putin will be pissing himself laughing at brexit then this. The tory Russian paymasters are doing a great job
 
Do Gibraltar or the Falklands Islands put their hands in their pockets to pay the Royal Navy?
Do Cyprus put their hands in their pockets for the cost of the Royal Airforce being there?

Nobber Fool.
You clearly don’t know the difference between a British Overseas Territory and a Crown Dependancy.

Lasher Loon.
 
This episode really sends a great message out to the rest of the world. We are global Britain and want to do new trade deals with you, but if you end up not happy with the agreement and protest, we'll be straight in with the war ships. Still want to do business with us?
 
You clearly don’t know the difference between a British Overseas Territory and a Crown Dependancy.

Lasher Loon.
One silly answer deserves another in my book Nobber fool.

You’ll be moaning about the IOM next if the Irish kicked off.

Stupidity of the highest order.
 
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One silly answer deserves another in my book Nobber fool.

You’ll be moaning about the IOM next if the Irish kicked off.

Stupidity of the highest order.
It’s not a silly reply other than, you choose to say it is.

Plus. It’s highly unlikely you’ll hear the phrase, “I counted them all out, and I counted them all back” in relation to the Jersey “my dad's bigger than yours” handbag fight.

You really underestimate yourself, in terms of stupidity.
 
I guess I am the Jersey based seasider referred to earlier. Drove up to the harbour this morning to watch the circus going on. In terms of why should we be protected if we do not contribute to British Defence, the fact is we do. We have a territorial army that has served alongside British professionals in Afganistan, Iraq and other war torn countries. Also there are many servicemen in the professional forces who come from the channel islands. I also believe Jersey paid for and supports the maintenance of a British Navy Warship (though I am not 100 per cent certain of this) The Jersey government however is filled with incompetent fools. I fully expect them to cave on all issues and the French will get their way.
 
I guess I am the Jersey based seasider referred to earlier. Drove up to the harbour this morning to watch the circus going on. In terms of why should we be protected if we do not contribute to British Defence, the fact is we do. We have a territorial army that has served alongside British professionals in Afganistan, Iraq and other war torn countries. Also there are many servicemen in the professional forces who come from the channel islands. I also believe Jersey paid for and supports the maintenance of a British Navy Warship (though I am not 100 per cent certain of this) The Jersey government however is filled with incompetent fools. I fully expect them to cave on all issues and the French will get their way.
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This episode really sends a great message out to the rest of the world. We are global Britain and want to do new trade deals with you, but if you end up not happy with the agreement and protest, we'll be straight in with the war ships. Still want to do business with us?
Can’t see anyone wanting to do business with the Eu, fall foul of them and they’ll cut off your electricity.
 
Looks like Boris played his Trump card if the local elections are anything to go by.
 
It’s not a silly reply other than, you choose to say it is.

Plus. It’s highly unlikely you’ll hear the phrase, “I counted them all out, and I counted them all back” in relation to the Jersey “my dad's bigger than yours” handbag fight.

You really underestimate yourself, in terms of stupidity.
Of course it was stupid why the hell bring up the point are Jersey going to foot the bill for the Royal Navy.

You also really underestimate yourself in terms of stupidity.

Anyway as overnight results have proven in Hartlepool Boris is firmly in the driving seat in all he does at the moment or am I being stupid again?

Enjoy your day I will. 👍
 
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Because they used to voluntarily comply with the Single Market arrangements in order to easily trade with the EU, mainly France. That had to change following official Brexit on 1st January as the EU would not contemplate continuation.

And the new TCA agreement between the UK and the EU replaced the previous fishing agreements. However it may be that Jersey is using the new agreement to try and reduce French fishing activity in their waters to try and regenerate stocks. Jersey no longer wants fishing in their waters to be free for all comers.
However, despite what Jersey politicians are up to, Jersey fishermen are suffering badly due to Brexit. Jersey’s population cannot consume all they catch. The French will not allow catches to be landed in French ports and all exports have to have wads of paperwork. The French fishermen are still getting EU subsidies while Jersey’s never got anything and the UK Govt has not filled the gap.
 
do fcuk off FY8. The French trawlers came to bully us, so we gave them a bit more than they bargained for.
We? I wondered why you'd not answered to one of your factually incorrect posts yesterday. Manning the top deck ready to repel boarders.
 
Having shell fish tonight for tea just to remind me what a complete ass France have been yet again over this.

Starting with a king Prawn cocktail then a fresh Crab salad then grilled Langoustines and panko coated fried Calamari In a garlic butter sauce. 🥰

Washed down with a good old bottle (or two) of Lancaster Blond. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧
 
Of course it was stupid why the hell bring up the point are Jersey going to foot the bill for the Royal Navy.

You also really underestimate yourself in terms of stupidity.

Anyway as overnight results have proven in Hartlepool Boris is firmly in the driving seat in all he does at the moment or am I being stupid again?

Enjoy your day I will. 👍
Note to all: Please have your posts vetted, by Jaffa the Nut, prior to posting. Apparently, he's the self appointed arbitor of
Of course it was stupid why the hell bring up the point are Jersey going to foot the bill for the Royal Navy.

You also really underestimate yourself in terms of stupidity.

Anyway as overnight results have proven in Hartlepool Boris is firmly in the driving seat in all he does at the moment or am I being stupid again?

Enjoy your day I will. 👍
If you think Boris is a fit and proper driver of the bus. Yes, you are being stupid🤪
 
We? I wondered why you'd not answered to one of your factually incorrect posts yesterday. Manning the top deck ready to repel boarders.
Get over it Wizz, your politics and views are so outdated. Not me saying that, it's the country.
 
So are we at war with France or not?

And if not why not?

And what about Scotland? And Ireland come to that.

It all seems to have gone a bit bonkers recently.

I can’t quite put my finger on it but it seems to have started circa 2016. But for the life of me I can’t think why that should be the case.
 
I'm outdated, while you're advocating gunboat diplomacy.

And you are still wrong about automatic promotion🤣
whereas you think it's perfectly acceptable for French trawlers to invade our waters and blockade our ports.
Back your country and it's right to protect its waters for once in your life. The French showed their aggression and didn't expect the response they got. Job got done didn't it?
 
whereas you think it's perfectly acceptable for French trawlers to invade our waters and blockade our ports.
Back your country and it's right to protect its waters for once in your life. The French showed their aggression and didn't expect the response they got. Job got done didn't it?
Read the thread. At no point have I defended the French actions. Not once.

They're out of order. Our response though, is disproportionate and was a cynical ploy designed to influence Thursday's vote by bringing out exactly the responses we've seen on this thread.
 
Our response has not been disproportionate, those boats would still have been there otherwise. It is not acceptable for Jersey boats to congregate en masse in French ports causing mayhem, why should the french be allowed to get away with something that is clearly not acceptable.
 
Read the thread. At no point have I defended the French actions. Not once.

They're out of order. Our response though, is disproportionate and was a cynical ploy designed to influence Thursday's vote by bringing out exactly the responses we've seen on this thread.
Well it worked. 😂
 
whereas you think it's perfectly acceptable for French trawlers to invade our waters and blockade our ports.
Back your country and it's right to protect its waters for once in your life. The French showed their aggression and didn't expect the response they got. Job got done didn't it?

Let’s not forget the French deployed two navy boats as well.
Few people have failed to mention it calling us the bully boys.
 
The Withdrawal Agreement includes a dispute mechanism for resolving issues like this. That’s what the French should have used (and probably were/are using anyway in parallel with their other actions). So yes the French were clearly at fault.

However there is a little fib that needs to be outed. It was said beforehand that the blockade would only be temporary. The protesters didn’t go scuttling back to France because of the two RN patrol boats. As far as I can tell they did just what the patrol boats were there to do - keep an eye on things and send a symbolic message. The French came; blockaded; had their little chat with the representative of Jersey on board a ship and then went home grumbling. The only excitement was provided when two locals went out in a speed boat and started to flip a middle finger at the French trawler men and got shunted for their troubles.

Storm in a teacup.
 
This episode really sends a great message out to the rest of the world. We are global Britain and want to do new trade deals with you, but if you end up not happy with the agreement and protest, we'll be straight in with the war ships. Still want to do business with us?

Can’t see anyone wanting to do business with the Eu, fall foul of them and they’ll cut off your electricity.
You really didn't think things through there did you BHOK? 😆
 
Read the thread. At no point have I defended the French actions. Not once.

They're out of order. Our response though, is disproportionate and was a cynical ploy designed to influence Thursday's vote by bringing out exactly the responses we've seen on this thread.
But at no point do you ever seem to defend out actions. Your second post on the thread was to criticise the UK.
 
Our response has not been disproportionate, those boats would still have been there otherwise. It is not acceptable for Jersey boats to congregate en masse in French ports causing mayhem, why should the french be allowed to get away with something that is clearly not acceptable.
French would have retreated back into Germany.
French fishermen defending their livelihoods - make a protest. RN sent in case it kicks off. Aucune chance
Nothing to see here really.
 
It wasn't the EU though. It was individual French fishermen. Whereas it was the UK government that sent in the war machinery.
So it wasn't the French govt threatening to cut of the electricity to Jersey then? That is the French govt that are part of the EU are they not? Like i said you didn't think things through in your haste to knock the UK. That's all you ever do isn't it? .
 
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