Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
Brexit Bites the Falkland Islands’ Calamari
Local officials are considering breaking ranks with the UK Government and asking the EU for help, reports David Hencke
bylinetimes.com
The main export of the Falkland Islands economy, the Loligo squid – which is processed into more familiar calamari for millions of EU customers – has become a casualty of Brexit.
Unlike the row over UK fishing waters, British negotiators failed to even entertain the rights of Falkland Islands fishermen when the EU refused to discuss tariff-free trade for any of Britain’s overseas territories.
As a result, from 1 January, the EU imposed swingeing food tariffs on all products produced by British overseas territories. They range from 6-18% on fish to 42% on lamb.
The damage is most severely being felt on the Falklands – the island that Margaret Thatcher aggressively reclaimed after Argentina invaded it in the 1980s. The island has since been a totemic cause for successive Conservative governments.
Well its a long way away and they cant vote so why would the tories give a shit ? Maybe Ms Patel might consider sending refugees there as a way of rebuilding their economy ? Or they should open talks with their Argentine neighbours. They have been fucked over by their conservative friends.
