Ooor Fish

First the North Britons claim all North Sea oil as theirs, now it's Mackerel.

North Britain has claimed all Mackerel on the basis that it swims through North British waters on its way to England. A quota was imposed by the EU when the North British Executive claimed the fish as theirs which allowed only 320 tons of Mackerel to be caught by English fishermen. Now English fishermen in Northumberland have been told not to fish for Mackerel any more because it's North British.

It's little things like this that demonstrate exactly why it is so vital that England gets a Parliament and Executive of its own to represent the interests of English people. The North East Regional Assembly (NERA) doesn't appear to be doing (or is incapable of doing) anything about this proving that the people of the North East euroregion were absolutely right to reject the toothless and self-obsessed NERA in the referendum two years ago. Nothing short of a national parliament can compete with the North British Parliament in representing English interests.