David's Reply:

I AGREE WITH EVERY WORD OF THE ARTICLE, ALASTAIR.

IT EXPRESSES THE FEELINGS OF WHAT'S LEFT OF OUR WHITE FISH FLEET.

ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, - THE PRO-EUROPE GROUP REPEATS THE LIE WE HAVE HAD FORCED DOWN OUR THROATS BY THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE EUROPEAN UNION. THE ONLY FISHERS WHO AGREE WITH THEM ARE THE OWNERS OF THE TWO DOZEN HUGE PELAGIC SHIPS THAT WANT TO BE ABLE TO FISH INSIDE EU WATERS.

ALL ALONG OUR COAST THERE ARE "FISHING FOR LEAVE" BANNERS ERECTED BY OUR LOCAL WHITE FISH (DEMERSAL) FLEETS. THEIR NUMBERS HAVE BEEN DECIMATED BY INIQUITOUS EU MEASURES TO CRIPPLE OUR LOCAL CATCHERS BY DEVILISH PUNITIVE RULES. MY OWN PORT IS NOW BEREFT OF VESSELS AND THE MARKET IS EMPTY. EU LAW PROHIBITS LOCAL VESSELS FROM LANDING FISH ON OUR OWN PIERS.

RECENTLY, A TORY OR EU OFFICIAL WAS ASKING PETERHEAD MEN THEIR OPINION OF THE EU CFP. SHE WAS NEARLY THROWN INTO THE HARBOUR, AND FLED THE SCENE, SUCH WAS THE LOCAL ANGER AT EU'S DESTRUCTION OF OUR ONCE THRIVING INDUSTRY.

FOR LOCAL MEN LIKE ME TO SUFFER THE REPEATED STREAM OF LIES FROM THE "REMAIN" ADVOCATES, IS GALLING. THE LADY QUOTED IN THE PIECE (TORY MINISTER), WOULD NOT DARE TO REPEAT THE EU PROPAGANDA IN ANY OF OUR FISHING TOWNS.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN PROTESTING LOUDLY FOR DECADES NOW, YET NEITHER TORY NOR LABOUR PARTY A PARTCHNIKS WILL LISTEN.

HOWEVER, THEY MIGHT LEARN THE HARD WAY AS IT LOOKS LIKELY THAT THE "LEAVE" VOTE WILL FINALLY SEPARATE US FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION. ROLL ON NEXT WEEK'S VOTE !

THE STRONG FEELING OF THE FISHING COMMUNITIES IS "GOOD AND WELL" ! LET US WASH OUR HANDS OF THE LOT.

A FULLER HISTORY OF EU ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DISASTERS AND PERFIDY IS LAID OUT IN YANIS VAROUFAKIS' BOOK "AND THE WEAK SUFFER WHAT THAY MUST?" HE WAS THE MINISTER OF FINANCE IN GREECE, AND KNOWS THE WHOLE STORY INSIDE-OUT. GERMANY AND FRANCE ARE THE STRONG VOICES INSIDE THE EU, AND THEY HAVE BRUTALLY CRUSHED THE WEAKER STATES LIKE GREECE, PORTUGAL AND SPAIN. GERMANY WAS HELPED ENORMOUSLY BY US AFTER THE WAR, BUT ONCE IT GOT ON ITS FEET, IT TURNED ON THE SMALLER COUNTRIES WITH HEARTLESS FEROCITY.

THE FISHING INDUSTRY IS JUST ONE OF THE SECTORS THAT WAS CRUSHED.

CHEERS

DAVID

Last of the Hunters (1986)