Boris Johnson must give up on fishing: it's the only way to get a Brexit deal | Simon Jenkins

A breakdown in EU talks would cause more chaos than Britain can stand. He should plan to compensate the industry instead

Hold the fish. But has Boris Johnson the guts to do it? If one thing screams from the current, final trade talks between Britain and the European Union, it is that fishing cannot become a deal-breaker. It is an industry alive with romance, but it occupies just 0.02% of the British domestic output and employs just 12,000 people, fewer than benighted Debenhams.

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