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Political Sanity Breaks Out In Fisheries Debate – For A Minute
Political sanity and fisheries briefly joined together for a brief moment on the 12 May. Whilst Brussels Members of the European Parliament backed calls for the doubling of fuel subsidies for fishermen, sanity dawned in London. 247 members of the British House of Commons backed a motion to end fish discards. MPs Zac Goldsmith, Nicholas … Read more
Other People’s Money – Do Politicians Love Giving Your Money Away?
On 12 May Members of the European Parliament asked the European Commission to allow fishermen to get more money from taxpayers to pay for their fuel bill. And despite an election only be due for a few years, most of them backed a cross party call increase fuel subsidies from 30,000 EUR a year to … Read more