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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I expect we'll see a D-Day style mobilization from the UK by tomorrow morning.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Funnily enough Brits waged 3 wars already for the cods. Against Iceland of all countries. Best of all, Iceland won all three - each time they announced they will leave NATO, rendering the critical GIUK gap infrastructure defunct and each time Uncle Sam immediately told Brits to shut up and eat the L.

[–] FenrirIII 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"Cry 'Haddock!' and let slip the dogs of war."

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

The cods of war!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We must protect the haddock at all costs!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Turning them into food doesn't seem much like protecting

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Taking fish away from the Brits?! Now you're trully fucked.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Brits' initial reaction, though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

This is truly an outrage.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

That's 1 step too fucken far mate, gone n took the piss haven't you

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The Swedish will get their revenge for 1648 and force the British to switch from fried haddock to pickled herring.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What fish will we buy from the chippie?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


British fish and chips could be under threat if Vladimir Putin's Russian government goes ahead with ripping up a longstanding agreement with the UK.

The Russian government is said to be ready to terminate a decades-old deal with the UK that allows British boats to fish in the Barents Sea - leading to an accusation that it is "weaponising food".

Russian newspaper Izvestiya reported that the country's agriculture ministry has submitted draft legislation to ban the UK from the key fishing grounds famous for cod and haddock.

But the latest move from Russia over the Barents Sea might not have a huge impact on UK chippies as more fish comes from Norwegian waters nearby, Mr Crook said.

German Zverev, president of the All-Russian Association of Fisheries, told Izvestiya that the 1956 agreement is predominantly one-sided and does not have similar benefits for Russia.

It comes as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, with foreign minister Sergei Lavrov warning of "mounting nuclear risks" at a press conference on Thursday.


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