@@normanchristie4524 because, those who didn't/don't are still paying near £2 at the pumps, alongside those who did vote! And if you haven't got the message over the last 50 years, politicians are anything but trustworthy, and have delivered nothing but higher cost, with decrease in purchasing power, whilst giving the wealthy tax breaks.
Any time a politician tells you there's a simple solution to a complex problem, more than likely they're trying to sell you something. Something you may not like.
@@bipslone8880 I totally agree. Why do we fail to look at the detail. These fishermen know their industry better than Boris, or rather they should. It was obvious how most of this would work out. Desperation is a terrible motivator, it is easily used by people like Boris, Farage and Mogg.
I have some experience with fishermen along the coast of Maine. People will gripe about quotas and government meddling but the bureaucrats are the only thing standing between a sustainable industry and a collapsed fishery from overexploitation.
@i.8.libtards Well most said its worse, ingredients are much more expensive and there are no eastern europeans, that do all the work that doesnt pay well...
@i.8.libtards no that's not what they said in the documentary, they said some things had changed for the worse. They dont have access to the waters now to catch the fish which is popular in this country (Cod etc) and the seafood they can catch around british waters isnt popular in the UK so they have to export it, which at the moment is harder to do at the moment
I have known many fisherman in scotland and most dont give a dam abt sustainable industry yad yada , it all £££ and the next top of the range car, so we need quotas other wise the sea would be dead soon.
I've watched the first five minutes, and it seems very well made, but I really don't know if I can take any more emotionally. It's such a horrible mixture of feelings - I want to be understanding and talk about desperate people being manipulated by snake oil salesmen but I also just want to _scream_ at these people.
every now and then you can come across an outstanding documentary; I have yet to see the rest of this channel but I am about to - well done guys *subbed*
“I almost feel embarrassed that I voted Brexit” that guy near the beginning said. He still didn’t admit that he should utterly ashamed. Serves them right!
@@truthseeker1786Delusional lies,plus protests will always happen,it doesn't in any shape or form justify this disaster. Denial won't change reality🤷🏾♂️
lol...She knew that camera man would be here on her work day...These town of people have no shame, even when a lot of crow is being served. Reminds me here of the Maga crazies here in the states.
The only thing that Boris Johnson has said and actually achieved, is when he said: 'F*ck business'. Leaving the EU is the biggest example of self-inflicted harm that any country could do to itself. BTW - as a long time seafarer, who relied upon the BBC World Service, I gave up with the BBC because the Conservative Party tried so much to stop them reporting real news. I now prefer DW as an unbiased news source.
no it's not. There's been a pandenic, there has been people with noses out of joint over it, and Boris who has been weak on Brexit. Best thing is Brexit great as all will see once they get off their arses and sort it out
Japan trades freely the world over, japan doesnt pay into a standover committee in a foreign land to do so, Japanese visa and immigration system isn't overridden by a standover foreign committee for 27 countries on the back of its international trading arrangements, giving 27 countries unfettered access to Japanese jobs, welfare, healthcare,and housing and paying billions of yen to do so for the privilege..
@@JazzFunkNobby1964 japan a island. japan once had a empire. japan trades freely the world over- it doesnt have to pump billions of yen into a foreign standover committee to trade..like the UK had to in the EU. it doesn't have to have unfettered immigration to japan from 27 of its trading partners.. why? because its a sovereign nation that steers its own ship.. uk can do the same..
I feel completely ZERO sorries for these fisherman, only thinking about themselves and sacked whole EU and Great Brittain for their selfish kind. Excellent now feel your decisions!
I have no clue about the European economy, but I knew Brexit was going to go to hell, living in a global economy and having to broker deals, change laws, and renegotiate virtually everything in a short amount of time doesn't take a genius to know it was going to go south. I hope the best for the people in the UK.
@@yusufk7975 dont buy it then i cant afford to buy it so i dont buy it,better value by far is a chicken you can buy a whole chicken even skinless ones for just a few $ by the time you peel of a load of batter from a fish and chip serve there is very little fish meat,in the end all that batter is only fit for greasing your insides a complete waste of money anyway the stink of fried fish is sickly
not sure why they are complaining, is it what they wanted? even before Brexit , people said that this exact thing will happen. but people were refusing to listen
I feel sorry for these fisherman but they really should’ve seen this coming. Did they really think Johnson would be able to get favorable fishing terms with the EU?? I realize they never would’ve expected him to allow European fisherman to continue fishing British waters but they should’ve known the chances of being able to continue with the same quotas was nil. There’s no way Johnson can hold his own against Europe’s top politicians when he has literally zero leverage created by Brexit. They sold the British people a pie in the sky that had no chance of becoming reality. Even if they had a worthy politician in office who was better in the art of negotiation they’d still have come out worse. 90% of all the promises they made when they were fighting for Brexit were/are complete BS that they knew weren’t possible. What’s scary is how bad their deals are going to be with the more powerful nations like the US and especially China. China is going to rake the UK over the coals and the US will end up with more favorable terms than before.
You seem to be assuming that they all voted Brext, in most of the people featured that is neither confirmed nor denied. Not all fishermen voted to leave the EU.
Born n Bred in UK, I DONT feel sorry for them at all , a lot of them are shallow , narrowminded and racist. All I is #SweetKarma for kissing the rear end of their lying politricksians telling them what they wanted to hear Lol.
Yes, but the greedy British fishermen would rather give up than sell their catch here. Virtually all their catch went to mainland Europe. Even before Spain was in the EU, Shellfish like Mussels cost far less in Spain than here, because selling such large amounts meant import prices were low. Retailers could not be bothered trying to generate a home market so the Uk carried on with cheap, nasty junk food. Tesco closed virtually all their wet fish counters before we left Europe.
@@dickdiver9614 This 'documentary' is by DW; they were only ever going to draw one conclusion. UK fisheries are now more environmentally sustainable and productive than ever, which is why EU fishermen are so desperate to keep fishing in them.
@etpoculasacra If you believe that load of claptrap then you need to talk to the fishermen, not some chest thumping English nationalist. The question is why are EU fishermen not being stopped fishing in British waters?
Do you know what it means to be conned by a person you put your trust in. Apparently not. Johnson and Mogg are conmen and should never be let into parliament again.
Why are the fishermen belly-aching? They got what they wanted. They complained before brexit and now after they have got their brexit, they are still complaining. "Revive their fortunes" Yes the fishermen got mugged by their greed!!
Why is it that the motivation for everything is greed for people like you? Oh they must be greedy! Not that the industry is in a bad place and they're afraid and desperate and some villian had thrown them a rope and promised a possible escape from the situation that they're in. Nope. They must be greedy, only explanation.
@@ejedwards1678 "possible escape from the situation that they're in" Yes you are right, they were promised unicorns and sunny upland. The brexit promise of NO fishing quotes and the non-presence of EU fishermen in UK water, whilst keeping their EU market, ment more income and more enrichment. Brexit appealed to the nationalistic vanity and their greed. But they didn't realise, that it was all too good, tobe true. Some one who's a fish-quoter Baron with three boat, just can't get enough. They got mugged by their own greed.
@@ejedwards1678 And they're worse off than before. They were willing to risk a lot of benefits for others on the basis of their wants. Sounds a little greedy to me.
In the 70s the UK. Was known as the sick man of Europe. It joined the EU and became rich again. So they must have thought that returning to the 70s would be better. They deserve everything to learn the lessons of their idiocy.
28:25 No! the money was NEVER going to the NHS, that was a lie. The Tories are ideologically hostile to the existence - to the very IDEA - of social health care (100% of Conservative MPs voted AGAINST its establishment, in 1948)! As I've noted before: NEVER trust a Tory. Stephen A Hardy Macclesfield, UK
b0ll0cks is it a "important subject" if you cannot work because costs are too high?- shut it down!- go drive a truck, bus or work at amazon/ warehouse. -put a sign outside WHY you are closing down. japan is a island- they have no issues fishing.. Australia is a island- thay have no problems fishing.. madagascar is a island, they have no problem fishing.. new zealand is a island- thay have no problems fishing. UK only island in the world where it cannot be done. simplez
Quotas are there for a reason, to try to protect the ecosystem, the ocean is already severely overfished too. These dumb fishermen were tricked into voting for their own demise.
The poor guy actually spent all his savings on a promise from Figel Narage. And he didin't know what he was doing and lost his quota over it. What a businessman, ey?
Not sad , it’s great for Europe , I love the silly fishermen , but don’t worry boris will be back at the next election to fix everything, try and hang on .
So they gambled on Brexit and lost. The spend more than half a million on a boat not knowing whether they can use it, just because Boris promised them less red-tape? I can think of more than one reason why people with that attitude might go out of business.
That was exactly mine though. While I am no expert in the fishing industry, it seems that the whole situation sounds like it is not just Brexit that is at fault for this business potentially failing. Like how do you buy, renovate and pass inspection on a bout without triple and quadruple checking if you will be able to use it in an industry with quotas, like fishing?
@@rhyswilliams4893 Considering that this guy is not a fisherman himself and basically loans his own boats to fishermen and then does not know about the problem with his license is a bit strange.
I’m an ardent remainer and I couldn’t disagree more. This is sad. You assume it was selfish but the leave figures said there were answers to everything. They framed it as we put in so much cash and got no benefits. They were lied to. They trusted charlatans who promised them the moon and stars, and because their industry was slowly dying, they believed it. Now they’ve been screwed over.
The fishermen genuinely thought that Brexit was going to be good for the country, as did endless other industries. They were sold lies. Lay your blame at the con artists (the policians), not the victims of the hustle (the fishermen).
The amount of fishermen that voted for Brexit, with complete denial of reality! They were warned over and over again that they would be worse off and face high barriers to trade! How so many Professional fishermen could have so little knowledge about their industry still amazes me!
The fishing industry in the UK had come under the control of about 25 family businesses over the last 40 years and I think they were happy to throw the fishing community under the bus, so they could absorb the smaller fishing operations catch. Brexit was a cynical ploy to advance a few very wealthy people's interests at the expense of the United Kingdom. Hurrah! The 3 main culprits for this act of treachery are Bodger, Gove and Smugg. They should be charged with treason and punished accordingly.
Its a standard con, promise something wt unrealistic returns...mixed wt a touch of racism. In fact i would bet good money they will all fall 4 t next tory con & vote toey again. Once a mug, always a mug
One fisherman said it himself; "We're not very educational." The tories knew that and took advantage of it, telling blatant lies just to get their vote, and they haven't stopped lying since.
Jacob Reese Mogg (who is the minister responsible for Brexit benefits) has said it will take about 30 years for the benefits to be realised ! So hopefully these people have learned their lesson regarding trusting the tories !
He said 50 years but whatever really. In other words he knows there is no benefit whatsoever and just assumes things will improve in some unspecified way when we are all dead. He got his money out of the country quickly enough
@@jonsimmons4150 You would have to ask him that but it’s just a number plucked out of thin air. What it signifies is that people like him know perfectly well Brexit has no foreseeable benefits but as an article of faith he believes it will do so in future. More likely in my view, we will rejoin.
@@DownUndaWhereTheresThunda 28:25 Of course, the Tories will never invest - properly invest - in training; that goes for the fishing industry, engineering, information technology, agriculture and the rest. The electorate was lied to over Brexit and now the country is paying the price. The Tories do not, never have and never WILL care about the Wrking Class, as they have NO regard for honour, decency and integrity. The lesson is not to make the same mistake again: NEVER TRUST A TORY; they are the party of the billionaire class, global corporations and spivs.
While that is true, these places are dirt poor, receiving little to no funding from the British government. Their cities has no future. They have been in decline for 30 years. So when these people were told for two decades by “Brexiteers”: leave the eu you’ll improve your city thus improve your life, they took it. Why should’ve they believed the “Remainers”? the same political class that over saw their cities decline.
A serious problem in Britain is that the news media does not report this stuff. The Tories have a strangle hold on newspaper content and the BBC. So a great many bamboozled Brexit voters are none the wiser to how badly things are going.
But papers aren't the mainstream media anymore. Even when they were you over lay and heat map of what papers people read most with another showing voting patterns and see NO similarity.
Brexit in UK won with 51,89%.Out of the main towns, some citizens thought to preserve their local interests voting Exit. And this is the result. Now (Jan.2023) UK is living its worst economic and social situation since the last War
Yeah, wanting a better future for your children is funny! People heard what they wanted to hear and were mislead and now realise it was a mistake. But don't get it wrong, working class people are desperately searching for anyone who even remotely gives a shit about them and finding nothing from any of the parties. If Labour had been doing their job, typical Labour voters would never have bought Tory lies.
Fact: Boris had two speeches ready just before he announced his position on Brexit. It's obvious now, but he has always been about rising to the top of politics, regardless of what he has to say or stand with to get there.
@@pietrojenkins6901 I especially loved the bit where he told the assembly to "Get stuffed" when he was challenged over his decision to close 10 fire stations and fire 552 firefighters. Or when he gave his mistress free trips on international trade missions and gave her business £126,000 of public money while having other affairs but nor disclosing them!
His two speeches he had ready was, if I’m on the winning side, I will jump in the oven with my oven ready deal if I’m on the losing side, I will hide in a fridge 🤣🤣🤣
Because when people have a problem and they don't understand why, when others drive them to think it's because of an institution then people will do everything to abolish that institution, you just have to look at democracy in the '30s, it's a common pattern of human behaviour, they have found the answer, they don't need anymore informations
Exactly the feel sorry for themselves by no mention of how sorry they are about destroying the lives of remainers, they don’t care about the Arasma scheme which has been stopped for young people to study in Europe
At 15:00, the shop keeper talks about migrant labour picking peas in the UK. Just how backward is the UK? On our vegetable farm in Tasmania, Australia we were harvesting peas with mechanical harvesters in the 1980s. The peas were harvested, shelled and the peas dumped into trucks, by the mechanical harvesters. Then sent to a factory for freezing.
@@normanchristie4524 Piffle.77 years of incompetence since the second world war, save for Margeeret Thatcher. A run down impoverished hellish little country. No future there. emigrate if you can. Working class? LOL
NI is BOOMING! It enjoys a unique position in being free to trade with the EU and the UK . It's the UK importing into NI that is suffering as the border had to go somewhere.
@@frcluc Depends on the price. If he gets desperate enough and offers his €500,000 trawler for let's say €250,000 in the EU or EEC he might find someone who is willing to buy. Would be a massive loss for him but still way better than not selling the trawler at all.
Not sure if it was explained in the film but I think a significant problem is actually the quotas. the way that the UK distributed quotas was different to the EU and IIRC the British quotas were sold with the boats whereas the EU fishermen used an alternative system. Buying up old UK boats would allow the EU fishermen to enlarge their quota. Much of this was done while Farage was a MEP and he preferred te bars of Brussels rather than negotiating with MEPs from other EU countries to strike a 'deal'.
@@mattsyson3980 way more factors, such extra paper work (time), as well cost to buy and sell. This results in the industry getting hit hard, making investment even more risky
The I'll educated were duped. The Brexit beneficiaries were those with offshore money which the EU were legislating against. Brexit remains off limits as a discussion point both socially and in the media. Thank you DW for this excellent doc and please focus on the offshore dimension.
@@nikolaucznaum4312 it's obviously auto correct, nothing to do with his spelling. Perhaps he didn't proof read afterwards, however do keep in mind that this is a RUclips comments section not a University grade essay.
@@ethimself5064 everywhere on the planet where is a rift in society and Russia or China have an interest are massive psyopps to enlarge the rift. The thing is that people must use their brain.
"...after insulting me" - yep, that happened a lot!! They where constantly total the truth, that we would lose far more than any benefit, but they refused to listen... now they say they where lied to. People hear what they want to hear, ignore the things they don't like.
@@Manu-Official And they didn't see it coming that they would loose access to a lot of the fishing grounds they used. They expected to cut off access to british waters for EU fishermen but retaining their own access to EU and EEC waters without giving anything in return. It is unbelievable that they fell for that.
What's that? The same guy who failed to research the impact of Brexit also failed to research the law around his business before spending £400k? Surely not.
I voted to remain, we lost sadly. I was told by someone I worked with, “Yeah we won, we get to send them all back and if you don’t like you can fk off too”. I took that advice literally! I now live down under and couldn’t be happier! I wonder what that person is thinking now! Probably the same attitude sadly!
@@ciaran180 The morning after the results, I walked into a very polarised department at work. It was eye opening to see how people really felt. I was very naïve to think most people shared my views.
@@DownUndaWhereTheresThunda The result of years of media conditioning and blatant lies. Brexit let certain people come out of the shadows, now they felt empowered by the result. Sad really.
So you moved from a country that doesn't want immigrants as that was a bad decision. To a country that takes a even harder line against them, and the majority of people don't want them.
Because there were an equal amount of experts telling them that everything they wanted was going to happen because that's how politics work, you absolute potato.
@Patrick O'Keeffe Brexiters have buyers' remorse. With that said, they voted for it and expect Boris to fix all their problems. They created this problem and they need to steer their "own" ship. Politicians arent doctors, they're lawyers. Brexiters want the red tape off, but ripped the bandages instead and now bleeding and complaining but want the lawyer to fix their problems instead of consulting a doctor.
Johnson conned the fisherman he doesn’t give toss about Grimsby! Charlatan he’s shafted loads of people in the U.K especially Northern Ireland. But maybe he did Northern Ireland a favour?
He didn't con them, they fell for his nationalistic rhetoric. There's nothing wrong with doing some research before casting an important vote. But hey, BJ is still PM so his "con" seems to be working brilliantly.
@@sq1rlsqu4d well he knowingly lied during the Brexit campaign. That is a con, it could be called a bad and obvious con, but is still a con. Plus there isnt a general election so he cant be voted our yet
As a UK born citizen, Bro I told many of them I WARNED NOT TO VOTE LEAVE they didnt want to hear it !. Only FOOLS will kick themselves out of the largest economic trading block on the planet. Its all myopia and been hoodwinked by lying corrupt UK politricksians blaming immigrants for all their social and economic frustrations
@@life107familyfitnessboxing8 Facts #EconomicSuicide but they closed their eyes and reverted back to arrogant colonial british empire mentality. Now chicken has come home to roost !.
You would think the cod fisherman would 4walise that the cod is not in British territorial waters and the others that most of the other stuff is only valuable when sold to the EU. Nationalism really does make people stupid.
@@Dusty357 He is talking about that cod is usually a cold-water fish, mostly found around Iceland and Norway and not the British islands. The EU also had quotas for EU vessels to catch cod in Norwegian and Icelandic waters, which obviously included bristish ships as well. Now the UK is cut of from those waters as well.
@@swanky_yuropean7514 take it from me a man who has worked at sea fishing for the last 30 years we have plenty of cod in English Scottish Irish waters , problem is fishing quotas , and foreign boats . Quotas mean ex amount of fish can only be caught once this amount is caught you can not keep anymore , were as foreign boats don't have this policy what they catch they can keep . Mate a have been there dumping tons of cod nothing wrong with them just if we land them your going to jail .
They were warned by plenty of people that Brexit would damage their industry and they ignored it and paid the price. Now European fisherman and Australian and New Zealand farmers are laughing all the way to the bank. I don't know why these idiots think they were "let down". They let themselves down and they deserve everything they got out of Brexit.
It's not that there where no warnings, one only had to take off the blinkers and put 2 and 2 together. As sad as it may sound I don't feel sorry for them. That is economic darwinism, you don't use the computer that sits between your ears and you are eleminiated from the economy. You bite the hand that feeds you, you end up starving. The only think that kept the british fishing industry viable was the EU market. Bojo used them as a means to an end, to become PM. Bojo sold you down the river..... Can't blame the Tories for not keeping their election promise of turning the economy around. They delivered on that promise.
I don’t understand why he says “he almost feels embarrassed that he voted out” ! He should be wearing a big red nose and begging forgiveness from the remainders in the U.K. who now have to suffer because of his (and others leave vote) !
@@TheBottleneckedGamer Some of them don't really seem like they're low on capital, people who own fish and chip shops and have the cash to splash on a six figure repair for a fishing boat have plenty capital. Honestly a lot of this is just going to be a rebalance, the young people have to suffer - but the people being hit by a lot of this are the people who scored lucky in their business when the economy was booming last century. They were never that bright, but earned large amounts of money regardless. They're taking a financial hit, and it's their own fault.
And in this case not just any politician, but a politician with a massive years-long track record of lying. People believe what they want to believe. And yes they are stupid, but culpably so.
There lives were already hard before brexit, they we just hoping for a change that would be better. Yes that didn't work and it is now worse, but they probably felt like they didnt have a choice
Kids lost funding that EU provided.. adults saying there are doing it for the kids future..you childs has no future if you don't have a present. How many years will it take Grimsby to recover from 😠🤬. Words can't describe how angry I am
And these fishermen 'people' were just thinking of themselves, and with Brexit, we've also lost many of our rights! Hard to feel sorry for these people, when they were barely thinking of anyone else, but themselves.
What a wonderful Brexit documentary. I just wanted to write and thank you DW for bringing this story to life. Thank you. My words can not adequately express how important I find documentary makers who are able to bring a stories to light.
Well he done all his savings on a boat without checking the regulations which has meant his family are all stressed & having to work harder. He did this not Brexit
Fisherman were used for the emotional appeal for Brexit, worked very well on my dad. One thing is for sure Farage and Johnson won't be visiting any fishing communities, they will be chased outta town. Why are there no documentaries like this on mainstream UK tv, they always aired the Farage propaganda.....
Fishermen, being good brexiteers, decided to ignore the experts... Themselves... and went with what Bozo, Nigel, and JRM told them about their industry.... Sorry, but not sorry...
“I think the people in this country have had enough of experts... from organisations with acronyms saying that they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong." Michael Gove, Sky News, 3 June 2016
It shows how easilly people can be manipulated and how easilly anger can be redirected. I do feel sorry for them. Deep in their hearts they did what they thought was best for the people around them. In the end it is exactly the ones who put them in the declining situation and who created the anger that then turned around and then used it against them.
They did what they thought was best for themselves and/or wanted to give the government, which recommended remain, a poke in the eye. Plenty of people told them that making it harder and more expensive to trade with our closest neighbours was a terrible idea, but they chose not to listen.
@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 Who is trolling? I think you’ll find that many of those who voted remain share my opinion. Also, perhaps you’re forgetting that one reason the British fishing industry is in a “declining situation” is because they sold around half of their quota to foreign-owned boats 30 years ago.
It's so hard to not say I told you so to people who voted out. Just driving around where I live pointing out things that the EU funding built and the empty sites where funding got pulled is a painful view of the future.
Jacob Rees Mogg summed it up perfectly : "British Fish are happier now they are in British waters"............ laugh at us all you like, we have happy British fish, and not many countries can say that !
Take pride in your work ethics and your Britishness. The whole country has been deceived and conned not just the fishermen. Our time will come to put it right.
@@Bobisalive This didn't happen overnight and I would expect a business man / self employed / fisherman to understand basic economic realities. They wanted to believe the lies. No sympathy....
@@rwo5402 yeah fair enough. Just they were already struggling big time so probably just hoping for anything. Like if you are dying from dehydration in a desert, some stranger offers you liquid, you drink it because you have nothing to lose and it turns out to be HCL...
@@Bobisalive Bojo and Farage aren't strangers, they are liars.... would you take the 'water' from them ? It is fine for a country to decide that the EU is not for them but being hoodwinked by con men .... and every single fisherman only had to look at where the fish they were catching was going...., certainly not to the domestic market. Now they lost their market and still don't have their quotas back because of the trade and cooperation agreement, not that would need their quotas when they become available in the future because they lost their market. One can only hope that people have l;earnt, are learning their lesson and destroy the Tories as a party at the next elsection. A tuna sandwich could do a better job in No. 10
It wasn't because of fish, though. It was because people heard builders speaking Polish and saw some brown people working in jobs that pay less than benefits do in the UK. "Stealing their jobs" was the narrative, apparently :D
The people in the EU parliament are not elected by the people. Hundreds of them get paid a lot more than the prime minister of the UK. It's not really a democracy is it? so i don't blame the UK for leaving and i hope more countries do too when people realize what it is.
Trusting a politician and putting a lot of money on the line?? Oh god, that's just sad. If there were no quotas these pricks would have fished the waters to death.
Ironic how 'take back our fishing waters' was one of the most important rallying cries of the Brexiteers - this is the reality of what that 'achievement' entailed.
“We feel really let down”… imagine how those of us who voted NOT to trash our economy feel. They won… they should get over it.
🏴 YES
Perhaps we might get people off their bottoms AND vote. It is what their ancestors fought for!
@@julianshepherd2038
You started the NATIONALISM and betrayed the class struggle, so don't pretend to be better than the Brexwits.
@@normanchristie4524 because, those who didn't/don't are still paying near £2 at the pumps, alongside those who did vote! And if you haven't got the message over the last 50 years, politicians are anything but trustworthy, and have delivered nothing but higher cost, with decrease in purchasing power, whilst giving the wealthy tax breaks.
They need to enjoy their victory, and stop complaining, “ Boris this Boris that”
What a very timely documentary this is! Thanks DW.
Unfortunately......too late to undo this disaster.
@@normanchristie4524 for that you need a time machine and prevent centuries of incest
All as e.u farmers protest
Any time a politician tells you there's a simple solution to a complex problem, more than likely they're trying to sell you something. Something you may not like.
You still have to be a buyer, don't shirk responsibility.
@@bipslone8880 I totally agree. Why do we fail to look at the detail. These fishermen know their industry better than Boris, or rather they should. It was obvious how most of this would work out. Desperation is a terrible motivator, it is easily used by people like Boris, Farage and Mogg.
@@stephenconway2468 listen to james o brien on youtube. it seems a whole lot of fishermen actually DONT know their own industry.
@@MCshlthead I have listened and you are sadly right. A lot of fishermen don't understand their market.
Yep. And they are completely intellectually incapable of foreseeing unintended consequences of said simple solutions.
All of this was known, they were warned, but treated it as 'project fear.'
I am Brazilian and I could see this mess happening all the way from here
Eu sou português e aqui na Europa todos se perguntavam, mas eles são doidos???
Era óbvio o que ia acontecer.
Couldn’t agree more Brexit was going to be a disaster and to me the reasons for staying in Europe are as clear as daylight
I have some experience with fishermen along the coast of Maine. People will gripe about quotas and government meddling but the bureaucrats are the only thing standing between a sustainable industry and a collapsed fishery from overexploitation.
That might be fair but I think this documentary is more about the bill of lies these people were sold.
Its a guarantee that would happen. Much like they doomed their country they will doom their livelihood.
@i.8.libtards Well most said its worse, ingredients are much more expensive and there are no eastern europeans, that do all the work that doesnt pay well...
@i.8.libtards no that's not what they said in the documentary, they said some things had changed for the worse. They dont have access to the waters now to catch the fish which is popular in this country (Cod etc) and the seafood they can catch around british waters isnt popular in the UK so they have to export it, which at the moment is harder to do at the moment
I have known many fisherman in scotland and most dont give a dam abt sustainable industry yad yada , it all £££ and the next top of the range car, so we need quotas other wise the sea would be dead soon.
Unbelievable that these hard working people took a clown seriously.
Sounds about like Donald Trump supporters here in the U.S. doesn't it?
If you believed a man who had been fired from 2 jobs for lying you're too stupid and gullible to be trusted with any serious decision
The corrupt EU lost 😂😂
Very sad
A clown with a long track record of lying, laziness and corruption.
I've watched the first five minutes, and it seems very well made, but I really don't know if I can take any more emotionally. It's such a horrible mixture of feelings - I want to be understanding and talk about desperate people being manipulated by snake oil salesmen but I also just want to _scream_ at these people.
No future for this poifession. It is sad.
Scream you have the right to.
Their businesses died because their politicians lied. But still they cannot get themselves to say, “Rejoin!”.
Do it. I mean Show them that they should shut up. If no they will do the same thing over and over and over again and again.
every now and then you can come across an outstanding documentary; I have yet to see the rest of this channel but I am about to - well done guys *subbed*
“I almost feel embarrassed that I voted Brexit” that guy near the beginning said. He still didn’t admit that he should utterly ashamed.
Serves them right!
Thanks for this film. Grim and sad. It is depressing that this type of film will not be shown on British TV.
Well said.
And e.u farmers protest won't be shown on euro TV........
@@truthseeker1786Delusional lies,plus protests will always happen,it doesn't in any shape or form justify this disaster. Denial won't change reality🤷🏾♂️
@@truthseeker1786We do show farmers revolt on TV in the EU. You must live somewhere else than Europe.
They won’t show this on uk tv because it mean exposing the true face of Brexit- disaster from the get go
The "Make Britain Great Again" hat the girl was weaing was so ironic, even in the middle of a video about Brexit...some people do not learn.
I wasn't the only one to catch it 😂😂
I could only shake my head when I saw that...
They would do it all over again if it was presented in any other context. Some people are just not able to think in any macro capacity.
lol...She knew that camera man would be here on her work day...These town of people have no shame, even when a lot of crow is being served. Reminds me here of the Maga crazies here in the states.
The only thing that Boris Johnson has said and actually achieved, is when he said: 'F*ck business'. Leaving the EU is the biggest example of self-inflicted harm that any country could do to itself.
BTW - as a long time seafarer, who relied upon the BBC World Service, I gave up with the BBC because the Conservative Party tried so much to stop them reporting real news. I now prefer DW as an unbiased news source.
no it's not. There's been a pandenic, there has been people with noses out of joint over it, and Boris who has been weak on Brexit. Best thing is Brexit great as all will see once they get off their arses and sort it out
The BBC is renowned for being left wing.
Japan trades freely the world over, japan doesnt pay into a standover committee in a foreign land to do so, Japanese visa and immigration system isn't overridden by a standover foreign committee for 27 countries on the back of its international trading arrangements, giving 27 countries unfettered access to Japanese jobs, welfare, healthcare,and housing and paying billions of yen to do so for the privilege..
@@jonsimmons4150 What has Japan got to do with this?
@@JazzFunkNobby1964 japan a island.
japan once had a empire.
japan trades freely the world over- it doesnt have to pump billions of yen into a foreign standover committee to trade..like the UK had to in the EU.
it doesn't have to have unfettered immigration to japan from 27 of its trading partners..
why?
because its a sovereign nation that steers its own ship..
uk can do the same..
I feel completely ZERO sorries for these fisherman, only thinking about themselves and sacked whole EU and Great Brittain for their selfish kind. Excellent now feel your decisions!
I have no clue about the European economy, but I knew Brexit was going to go to hell, living in a global economy and having to broker deals, change laws, and renegotiate virtually everything in a short amount of time doesn't take a genius to know it was going to go south. I hope the best for the people in the UK.
I had a similar feeling. Politicians promise so much during campaign but deliver so little.
I wish the best for UK
The EU wanted to get rid of tax avaidance and here we are.
The Rich are 25% richer since Brexit.
It is so simple.
The irony of fish and chips being too expensive, that's just salt on wounds right there
And vinegar.
@@Moamanly ..."Them's the strokes." Boris Johnson July 2022
(IE 'vinegar strokes' geddittt?!?!?
Fish and chips has been pricy for the last 10 years.
@@yusufk7975 dont buy it then i cant afford to buy it so i dont buy it,better value by far is a chicken you can buy a whole chicken even skinless ones for just a few $ by the time you peel of a load of batter from a fish and chip serve there is very little fish meat,in the end all that batter is only fit for greasing your insides a complete waste of money anyway the stink of fried fish is sickly
not sure why they are complaining, is it what they wanted? even before Brexit , people said that this exact thing will happen. but people were refusing to listen
Many of them are not smart and believed the lies told to them by politicians
They called the facts Project Fear. Now it’s Project Reality.
And they willing all vote Tory again.
Like he said in the video: "We're not the brightest..."
@@vornamenachname5589 bang on
I feel sorry for these fisherman but they really should’ve seen this coming. Did they really think Johnson would be able to get favorable fishing terms with the EU?? I realize they never would’ve expected him to allow European fisherman to continue fishing British waters but they should’ve known the chances of being able to continue with the same quotas was nil. There’s no way Johnson can hold his own against Europe’s top politicians when he has literally zero leverage created by Brexit. They sold the British people a pie in the sky that had no chance of becoming reality. Even if they had a worthy politician in office who was better in the art of negotiation they’d still have come out worse. 90% of all the promises they made when they were fighting for Brexit were/are complete BS that they knew weren’t possible. What’s scary is how bad their deals are going to be with the more powerful nations like the US and especially China. China is going to rake the UK over the coals and the US will end up with more favorable terms than before.
Its an old trick, it's easier to make people believe what they want to believe.
You seem to be assuming that they all voted Brext, in most of the people featured that is neither confirmed nor denied. Not all fishermen voted to leave the EU.
Yes they did. They are all stupid xenophobia. They deserve what they get.
Born n Bred in UK, I DONT feel sorry for them at all , a lot of them are shallow , narrowminded and racist. All I is #SweetKarma for kissing the rear end of their lying politricksians telling them what they wanted to hear Lol.
@@ryank3321 Statistics show in excess of 70% did.
Also on of the main problems is the exporting of our shellfish , we’ve lost a massive French / Spanish and Italian markets .
Yes, but the greedy British fishermen would rather give up than sell their catch here.
Virtually all their catch went to mainland Europe. Even before Spain was in the EU, Shellfish like Mussels cost far less in Spain than here, because selling such large amounts meant import prices were low. Retailers could not be bothered trying to generate a home market so the Uk carried on with cheap, nasty junk food. Tesco closed virtually all their wet fish counters before we left Europe.
They voted for Brexit.
They got Brexit.
They got what they voted for.
They won.
Why aren't they celebrating.
We are .
@@truthseeker1786And you call yourself truth seeker 😂? Have you not watched this documentary you absolute plank 😅?
@@dickdiver9614 This 'documentary' is by DW; they were only ever going to draw one conclusion. UK fisheries are now more environmentally sustainable and productive than ever, which is why EU fishermen are so desperate to keep fishing in them.
@etpoculasacra If you believe that load of claptrap then you need to talk to the fishermen, not some chest thumping English nationalist. The question is why are EU fishermen not being stopped fishing in British waters?
Do you know what it means to be conned by a person you put your trust in. Apparently not. Johnson and Mogg are conmen and should never be let into parliament again.
Thanks DW. You have helped me see things, all over the world. Keep up the good work
Why are the fishermen belly-aching? They got what they wanted. They complained before brexit and now after they have got their brexit, they are still complaining.
"Revive their fortunes" Yes the fishermen got mugged by their greed!!
Oop oop, spooky ol' Project Fear wasn't the nightmare, voting for Brexit was.
Why is it that the motivation for everything is greed for people like you? Oh they must be greedy! Not that the industry is in a bad place and they're afraid and desperate and some villian had thrown them a rope and promised a possible escape from the situation that they're in. Nope. They must be greedy, only explanation.
@@ejedwards1678 "possible escape from the situation that they're in" Yes you are right, they were promised unicorns and sunny upland. The brexit promise of NO fishing quotes and the non-presence of EU fishermen in UK water, whilst keeping their EU market, ment more income and more enrichment. Brexit appealed to the nationalistic vanity and their greed. But they didn't realise, that it was all too good, tobe true. Some one who's a fish-quoter Baron with three boat, just can't get enough. They got mugged by their own greed.
@@ejedwards1678 And they're worse off than before. They were willing to risk a lot of benefits for others on the basis of their wants. Sounds a little greedy to me.
@@ejedwards1678 They wanted all the benefits of EU membership, none of the responsibilities, sounds like greed to me.
DW you're awesome! Always enjoy watching your documentaries.
@i.8.libtards *beans. I'm interested; how many "libtards" have you eaten and why did you stop eating them?
I agree
@i.8.libtards "baked beens " really? How do they taste?
E.u Farmers protest
The trick is, anyone who actually THOUGHT about anything Brexit related voted against it so fast it would make your head spin.
In the 70s the UK. Was known as the sick man of Europe. It joined the EU and became rich again. So they must have thought that returning to the 70s would be better. They deserve everything to learn the lessons of their idiocy.
They want to return to the 70s where they could be more woke about dark skinned people.
Thank you DW, you are covering the most important topics and doing it better than most! Fantastic coverage.
Labour only help their own politicians.
28:25 No! the money was NEVER going to the NHS, that was a lie. The Tories are ideologically hostile to the existence - to the very IDEA - of social health care (100% of Conservative MPs voted AGAINST its establishment, in 1948)!
As I've noted before: NEVER trust a Tory.
Stephen A Hardy
Macclesfield, UK
b0ll0cks is it a "important subject"
if you cannot work because costs are too high?- shut it down!-
go drive a truck, bus or work at amazon/ warehouse.
-put a sign outside WHY you are closing down.
japan is a island- they have no issues fishing..
Australia is a island- thay have no problems fishing..
madagascar is a island, they have no problem fishing..
new zealand is a island- thay have no problems fishing.
UK only island in the world where it cannot be done.
simplez
How's the EURO FARMERS?????
@@truthseeker1786 great, thanks for asking
Any time you have a problem like quotas... be very suspicious of someone promising to fix it for you.
Yep exactly
Oh they were fixed alright.
@@MikkelKjrJensen 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
"We hold all the cards", "they need us more than we need them" and many other Brexit soundbites that turned out to be BS.
Quotas are there for a reason, to try to protect the ecosystem, the ocean is already severely overfished too. These dumb fishermen were tricked into voting for their own demise.
The poor guy actually spent all his savings on a promise from Figel Narage.
And he didin't know what he was doing and lost his quota over it.
What a businessman, ey?
It is sad.
Not sad , it’s great for Europe , I love the silly fishermen , but don’t worry boris will be back at the next election to fix everything, try and hang on .
@@martinbyrne6643
Boris has a job to finish. He has to get Scottish independence done.
@@martinbyrne6643 Please.....! Surely this country will be rid of Doris and his ghastly political party for ever. I live in hope...............
As he said: "We're not the brightest..."
Its almost like they all voted to change something they dont really understand. And ignored everyone telling them not to.
Folks were warned. They just chose to listen to people who told them what they wanted to hear.
So they gambled on Brexit and lost. The spend more than half a million on a boat not knowing whether they can use it, just because Boris promised them less red-tape?
I can think of more than one reason why people with that attitude might go out of business.
That was exactly mine though. While I am no expert in the fishing industry, it seems that the whole situation sounds like it is not just Brexit that is at fault for this business potentially failing. Like how do you buy, renovate and pass inspection on a bout without triple and quadruple checking if you will be able to use it in an industry with quotas, like fishing?
I had the same thought. Surely if you are gonna spend half a million on a boat you do a bit of research to check if you can use it first...
@@rhyswilliams4893 Considering that this guy is not a fisherman himself and basically loans his own boats to fishermen and then does not know about the problem with his license is a bit strange.
We won....the e.u lost .
@@truthseeker1786 That's the difference between a seeker and a finder I guess ;-)
Paying the price for nationalism... get what you vote for methinks.
E.u Farmers protest
I’ve got not one jot of sympathy for fisherman who voted for Brexit it was a purely selfish act .
I’m an ardent remainer and I couldn’t disagree more. This is sad. You assume it was selfish but the leave figures said there were answers to everything. They framed it as we put in so much cash and got no benefits. They were lied to. They trusted charlatans who promised them the moon and stars, and because their industry was slowly dying, they believed it. Now they’ve been screwed over.
A selfish act, shame it didn't sell fish...Boris sold them a kipper though
The fishermen genuinely thought that Brexit was going to be good for the country, as did endless other industries. They were sold lies. Lay your blame at the con artists (the policians), not the victims of the hustle (the fishermen).
@Smoke King 🤣
His policy was British first and secure our borders, this is now destroying this country we have all been conned.
As a remainer I to wish these people put more thought into their vote to up-end our economy by trashing our future.
Looser.
They fell for populist nationalist rhetoric with no root in reality ..sadly 😢
leroyjenkins8707 Quitlings did a "Leroy Jenkins" :D
The fisherman who says he's "almost" embarrassed to vote the way he did speaks volumes.
😂😂😂 you remainers never give up😂😂😂😂 If brexit had been done correctly this wouldn't be a problem
@@scotthendry6298 You cant fix what is not broken, brexit is a failure by definition.
What's done correctly? How?
The amount of fishermen that voted for Brexit, with complete denial of reality!
They were warned over and over again that they would be worse off and face high barriers to trade!
How so many Professional fishermen could have so little knowledge about their industry still amazes me!
The fishing industry in the UK had come under the control of about 25 family businesses over the last 40 years and I think they were happy to throw the fishing community under the bus, so they could absorb the smaller fishing operations catch.
Brexit was a cynical ploy to advance a few very wealthy people's interests at the expense of the United Kingdom.
Hurrah!
The 3 main culprits for this act of treachery are Bodger, Gove and Smugg.
They should be charged with treason and punished accordingly.
Its a standard con, promise something wt unrealistic returns...mixed wt a touch of racism. In fact i would bet good money they will all fall 4 t next tory con & vote toey again. Once a mug, always a mug
It's sad, but they knew free access to European markets and Norwegian waters was important to their livelihoods, and they ignored that.
Yes, the grimsby fleet relies to a significant extent on access to Norwegian waters, which it lost after brexit. How could they have not known this?
One fisherman said it himself; "We're not very educational."
The tories knew that and took advantage of it, telling blatant lies just to get their vote, and they haven't stopped lying since.
Jacob Reese Mogg (who is the minister responsible for Brexit benefits) has said it will take about 30 years for the benefits to be realised ! So hopefully these people have learned their lesson regarding trusting the tories !
40 years shafted by the EEC then the EU..
bent over and bummed dry...
How's the E.U farmers protest?
He said 50 years but whatever really. In other words he knows there is no benefit whatsoever and just assumes things will improve in some unspecified way when we are all dead. He got his money out of the country quickly enough
@@jontalbot1 is that a cast iron guaranteed "50 years" or an off the cuff remark?
@@jonsimmons4150 You would have to ask him that but it’s just a number plucked out of thin air. What it signifies is that people like him know perfectly well Brexit has no foreseeable benefits but as an article of faith he believes it will do so in future. More likely in my view, we will rejoin.
The turkeys voted for Christmas. They were told what would happen. "Project Fear" they called it.
🙌
Yep. Now project reality. The sunny uplands, like the Golden age promise of Margret Thatcher. Only existed for a few. Greetings from YORKSHIRE.
@@henryjohnfacey8213 It just goes to show you and . . . . NEVER to trust a Tory!
@@DownUndaWhereTheresThunda 28:25 Of course, the Tories will never invest - properly invest - in training; that goes for the fishing industry, engineering, information technology, agriculture and the rest. The electorate was lied to over Brexit and now the country is paying the price. The Tories do not, never have and never WILL care about the Wrking Class, as they have NO regard for honour, decency and integrity. The lesson is not to make the same mistake again: NEVER TRUST A TORY; they are the party of the billionaire class, global corporations and spivs.
While that is true, these places are dirt poor, receiving little to no funding from the British government. Their cities has no future. They have been in decline for 30 years. So when these people were told for two decades by “Brexiteers”: leave the eu you’ll improve your city thus improve your life, they took it. Why should’ve they believed the “Remainers”? the same political class that over saw their cities decline.
A serious problem in Britain is that the news media does not report this stuff. The Tories have a strangle hold on newspaper content and the BBC. So a great many bamboozled Brexit voters are none the wiser to how badly things are going.
But papers aren't the mainstream media anymore.
Even when they were you over lay and heat map of what papers people read most with another showing voting patterns and see NO similarity.
Brexit in UK won with 51,89%.Out of the main towns, some citizens thought to preserve their local interests voting Exit. And this is the result. Now (Jan.2023) UK is living its worst economic and social situation since the last War
"For the children's future....." stop, my sides hurt too much 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well they never said they wanted a good future for their children.
Yeah, wanting a better future for your children is funny! People heard what they wanted to hear and were mislead and now realise it was a mistake. But don't get it wrong, working class people are desperately searching for anyone who even remotely gives a shit about them and finding nothing from any of the parties. If Labour had been doing their job, typical Labour voters would never have bought Tory lies.
Stop it now... It's not their fault they chose to base their ethics, morals and values on what they read in The Sun
@@jimjones8736 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂u genius 😂😂😂😂
Fact: Boris had two speeches ready just before he announced his position on Brexit.
It's obvious now, but he has always been about rising to the top of politics, regardless of what he has to say or stand with to get there.
His oven ready deal. 😂
it was obvious before, he's always been a sneering careerist. people just never bother looking past surface value, same with the brexit vote.
@@hivemind7924 are you guys sayin he's an opportunist? I thought he was a pretty good mayor of London.
@@pietrojenkins6901 I especially loved the bit where he told the assembly to "Get stuffed" when he was challenged over his decision to close 10 fire stations and fire 552 firefighters.
Or when he gave his mistress free trips on international trade missions and gave her business £126,000 of public money while having other affairs but nor disclosing them!
His two speeches he had ready was, if I’m on the winning side, I will jump in the oven with my oven ready deal if I’m on the losing side, I will hide in a fridge 🤣🤣🤣
Why would anyone believe what the politicians said, without doing their own research. Now everyone who voted remain has to suffer this outcome.
Yeah because they never researched and were naive the rest of ppl who voted against Brexit also had to suffer
Because when people have a problem and they don't understand why, when others drive them to think it's because of an institution then people will do everything to abolish that institution, you just have to look at democracy in the '30s, it's a common pattern of human behaviour, they have found the answer, they don't need anymore informations
Exactly the feel sorry for themselves by no mention of how sorry they are about destroying the lives of remainers, they don’t care about the Arasma scheme which has been stopped for young people to study in Europe
Their hate for brown people was so high they lost the ability to think.
It was bunched in with propaganda about immigrants(brown ones), Borris harnessed hate perfectly.
At 15:00, the shop keeper talks about migrant labour picking peas in the UK.
Just how backward is the UK?
On our vegetable farm in Tasmania, Australia we were harvesting peas with mechanical harvesters in the 1980s.
The peas were harvested, shelled and the peas dumped into trucks, by the mechanical harvesters. Then sent to a factory for freezing.
The problem lays on the fact that the required fish for "fish & chips" come from the coasts of France and Spain.
The anger of the working class has been building for years. Boris took that and ran with it. And..... He lies...all the time.
This was caused by English Tory politicians. The final nail in the coffin was Labour (Corbyn) not opposing the campaign to leave the EU.
@@normanchristie4524 Piffle.77 years of incompetence since the second world war, save for Margeeret Thatcher. A run down impoverished hellish little country. No future there. emigrate if you can. Working class? LOL
Save Northern Ireland from this. They dont deserve paying for England's mistakes.
They are being saved by the NI protocol. The tories are determined to undermine it though.
NI is BOOMING! It enjoys a unique position in being free to trade with the EU and the UK . It's the UK importing into NI that is suffering as the border had to go somewhere.
And what's the view in Gibralta? hahahahahahahaha
Go on home brittish soldiers
@Leroy Jenkins suffering how? The 2 parts of the UK enjoying growth are london and NI
I guess Darren should try selling the boat in the EU or Norway.
Brexit sold, hook line and stinker ;-)
The UK is no longer part of the EEA or EU Customs Union, so it would be expensive for the EEA countries to buy anything from the UK.
@@frcluc Depends on the price. If he gets desperate enough and offers his €500,000 trawler for let's say €250,000 in the EU or EEC he might find someone who is willing to buy.
Would be a massive loss for him but still way better than not selling the trawler at all.
Not sure if it was explained in the film but I think a significant problem is actually the quotas. the way that the UK distributed quotas was different to the EU and IIRC the British quotas were sold with the boats whereas the EU fishermen used an alternative system. Buying up old UK boats would allow the EU fishermen to enlarge their quota. Much of this was done while Farage was a MEP and he preferred te bars of Brussels rather than negotiating with MEPs from other EU countries to strike a 'deal'.
@@mattsyson3980 way more factors, such extra paper work (time), as well cost to buy and sell. This results in the industry getting hit hard, making investment even more risky
How did they ever think being outside an economic zone would bring less rules and paper work.
The I'll educated were duped. The Brexit beneficiaries were those with offshore money which the EU were legislating against. Brexit remains off limits as a discussion point both socially and in the media. Thank you DW for this excellent doc and please focus on the offshore dimension.
The ill-educated are laughing at your spelling 😂😂😂
@@nikolaucznaum4312 it's obviously auto correct, nothing to do with his spelling. Perhaps he didn't proof read afterwards, however do keep in mind that this is a RUclips comments section not a University grade essay.
@@antlerman7644 Wishful thinking on your part!
@@nikolaucznaum4312 He might have bad spelling but he's still right. 😂😂😂
Hello and good evening .. nice meeting you here .. would love a response too.. I'm Alice
They knew exactly what they voted for...at least that's what every brexiteer told me before or after insulting me
Apparently there was significant Russian Cyber influence
@@ethimself5064 everywhere on the planet where is a rift in society and Russia or China have an interest are massive psyopps to enlarge the rift. The thing is that people must use their brain.
Brexit voters were lied to just as remoaners have been lied to. Fishing and immigration haven't been fixed
@@marilenaganea6578 I sometimes wonder about brain function. Na, I do lots
"...after insulting me" - yep, that happened a lot!! They where constantly total the truth, that we would lose far more than any benefit, but they refused to listen... now they say they where lied to. People hear what they want to hear, ignore the things they don't like.
Out of all the industries in the UK fishing was the only one that got exactly what they wanted from brexit.
Yep, and they are doing worse off
They also got the end of free movement for all the Brits! Good for us in the EU
How good is being in control of the fish, if you can't sell it.
They didn't see that one coming.
Going from 27 countries organising each other all together for the best for all to have one country run by idiots making all the decisions.
@@Manu-Official And they didn't see it coming that they would loose access to a lot of the fishing grounds they used.
They expected to cut off access to british waters for EU fishermen but retaining their own access to EU and EEC waters without giving anything in return. It is unbelievable that they fell for that.
Seems like the fish was not the only one short sighted
What's that? The same guy who failed to research the impact of Brexit also failed to research the law around his business before spending £400k? Surely not.
When Johnson shakes your hand and smiles at you he’s just nicked your watch.
I voted to remain, we lost sadly.
I was told by someone I worked with, “Yeah we won, we get to send them all back and if you don’t like you can fk off too”.
I took that advice literally! I now live down under and couldn’t be happier!
I wonder what that person is thinking now! Probably the same attitude sadly!
Good for you, it sounded toxic in the UK during brexit. I'm probably like you, I wouldn't hang around.
@@ciaran180 The morning after the results, I walked into a very polarised department at work. It was eye opening to see how people really felt. I was very naïve to think most people shared my views.
@@DownUndaWhereTheresThunda The result of years of media conditioning and blatant lies. Brexit let certain people come out of the shadows, now they felt empowered by the result. Sad really.
So you moved from a country that doesn't want immigrants as that was a bad decision.
To a country that takes a even harder line against them, and the majority of people don't want them.
I'm sure they feel like a winner, but what can you do?
They got what the experts told them would happen, and they knew what they voted for. Not understand why we are even talking about it.
Because there were an equal amount of experts telling them that everything they wanted was going to happen because that's how politics work, you absolute potato.
@Patrick O'Keeffe Brexiters have buyers' remorse. With that said, they voted for it and expect Boris to fix all their problems. They created this problem and they need to steer their "own" ship. Politicians arent doctors, they're lawyers. Brexiters want the red tape off, but ripped the bandages instead and now bleeding and complaining but want the lawyer to fix their problems instead of consulting a doctor.
@@zlonewolf well who knew votes ( or not voting) have consequences.
Johnson conned the fisherman he doesn’t give toss about Grimsby! Charlatan he’s shafted loads of people in the U.K especially Northern Ireland. But maybe he did Northern Ireland a favour?
He didn't con them, they fell for his nationalistic rhetoric. There's nothing wrong with doing some research before casting an important vote. But hey, BJ is still PM so his "con" seems to be working brilliantly.
whatever!
@@sq1rlsqu4d well he knowingly lied during the Brexit campaign. That is a con, it could be called a bad and obvious con, but is still a con. Plus there isnt a general election so he cant be voted our yet
He certainly did a favour to Nicola Sturgeon
Wow, this is actually very sad. And to think there are hundreds more small businesses going through this 😢😢
Let’s call this project reality!
Only after Brexit, England understood how much money EUU was pouring into Britain's economy!
Goodbye EEU...hello hard times!
Brexit was the worse thing ever to happen to the UK.
As a UK born citizen, Bro I told many of them I WARNED NOT TO VOTE LEAVE they didnt want to hear it !. Only FOOLS will kick themselves out of the largest economic trading block on the planet. Its all myopia and been hoodwinked by lying corrupt UK politricksians blaming immigrants for all their social and economic frustrations
@@life107familyfitnessboxing8 Facts #EconomicSuicide but they closed their eyes and reverted back to arrogant colonial british empire mentality. Now chicken has come home to roost !.
@@life107familyfitnessboxing8 well for the time being!!!
And Britain was pouring far more money into the EU!
I dont feel sorry for them.... they voted for what they got.... live with it!
Hear hear.
Problem is they never got what they voted for, the EU fleet is still in UK waters!
Out of Europe only in name neither political parties wanted out thats why we are still handcuffed to the E.U
@@michaelmacleod brexit means brexit, they got "a brexit", the problem is we live in reality not in the delusion of a right wing nut job
@@michaelmacleod These remainers will never understand.
You would think the cod fisherman would 4walise that the cod is not in British territorial waters and the others that most of the other stuff is only valuable when sold to the EU.
Nationalism really does make people stupid.
What on earth are you blabbering on about , nothing of what you wrote makes any fecking sense 🤔
@@Dusty357 learn to read Brexwit
@@Dusty357 He is talking about that cod is usually a cold-water fish, mostly found around Iceland and Norway and not the British islands. The EU also had quotas for EU vessels to catch cod in Norwegian and Icelandic waters, which obviously included bristish ships as well. Now the UK is cut of from those waters as well.
@@swanky_yuropean7514 take it from me a man who has worked at sea fishing for the last 30 years we have plenty of cod in English Scottish Irish waters , problem is fishing quotas , and foreign boats . Quotas mean ex amount of fish can only be caught once this amount is caught you can not keep anymore , were as foreign boats don't have this policy what they catch they can keep . Mate a have been there dumping tons of cod nothing wrong with them just if we land them your going to jail .
@@Dusty357 every boat and country have season quotas and overfishing gets you a hefty fine but never heard anybody getting jail time for that.
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They were warned by plenty of people that Brexit would damage their industry and they ignored it and paid the price.
Now European fisherman and Australian and New Zealand farmers are laughing all the way to the bank.
I don't know why these idiots think they were "let down". They let themselves down and they deserve everything they got out of Brexit.
Being from Hull this is heartbreaking
Same here i use to go to this fish shop myself before i moved away.
not only fish is expensive but all in one fish price has almost tripled
It's not that there where no warnings, one only had to take off the blinkers and put 2 and 2 together. As sad as it may sound I don't feel sorry for them. That is economic darwinism, you don't use the computer that sits between your ears and you are eleminiated from the economy. You bite the hand that feeds you, you end up starving. The only think that kept the british fishing industry viable was the EU market. Bojo used them as a means to an end, to become PM. Bojo sold you down the river.....
Can't blame the Tories for not keeping their election promise of turning the economy around. They delivered on that promise.
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they got suckered in and rolled, they must feel like idiots now !!!
Nobody could ever accuse English fishermen of being remotely bright.
Well,you know what they say,you’ve got to lose something good to realize how good you had it.
That's what being selfish gets you 🤷♀️
But they can't sell fish! That's the problem.😅
@@stoobydootoo4098 Shellfish
I don’t understand why he says “he almost feels embarrassed that he voted out” ! He should be wearing a big red nose and begging forgiveness from the remainders in the U.K. who now have to suffer because of his (and others leave vote) !
@@TheBottleneckedGamer Some of them don't really seem like they're low on capital, people who own fish and chip shops and have the cash to splash on a six figure repair for a fishing boat have plenty capital. Honestly a lot of this is just going to be a rebalance, the young people have to suffer - but the people being hit by a lot of this are the people who scored lucky in their business when the economy was booming last century. They were never that bright, but earned large amounts of money regardless. They're taking a financial hit, and it's their own fault.
Why Boris didn't help Darren by buying his trawler?
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The fishermen have just been too greedy. Now they have to pay the price. No more unicorns in sight.
Greedy? In what way.
Imagine being stupid enough to believe a politician 😭
Thats why i dont feel sorry for them..... they believed and voted.... now deal with it
And in this case not just any politician, but a politician with a massive years-long track record of lying. People believe what they want to believe. And yes they are stupid, but culpably so.
@@xtscarfacem8255 true that, i'm happy to them suffer now
There lives were already hard before brexit, they we just hoping for a change that would be better. Yes that didn't work and it is now worse, but they probably felt like they didnt have a choice
Imagine being stupid enough to believe in an idea...
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@@DWDocumentary e.u farmers protest
Kids lost funding that EU provided.. adults saying there are doing it for the kids future..you childs has no future if you don't have a present. How many years will it take Grimsby to recover from 😠🤬. Words can't describe how angry I am
And these fishermen 'people' were just thinking of themselves, and with Brexit, we've also lost many of our rights! Hard to feel sorry for these people, when they were barely thinking of anyone else, but themselves.
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Well he done all his savings on a boat without checking the regulations which has meant his family are all stressed & having to work harder. He did this not Brexit
Fisherman were used for the emotional appeal for Brexit, worked very well on my dad. One thing is for sure Farage and Johnson won't be visiting any fishing communities, they will be chased outta town. Why are there no documentaries like this on mainstream UK tv, they always aired the Farage propaganda.....
Because the Tories own the media here
How's the E.U farmers protest going?
Has your Dad admitted he was wrong yet?
I groaned in despair when he said this at 6:25.
Tough shit, anybody that believed farage needs help
Fishermen, being good brexiteers, decided to ignore the experts... Themselves... and went with what Bozo, Nigel, and JRM told them about their industry.... Sorry, but not sorry...
“I think the people in this country have had enough of experts... from organisations with acronyms saying that they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong." Michael Gove, Sky News, 3 June 2016
Fantastic glimpse into the lives of ordinary people and the pulse of a region
And the pulse of a cult
Can’t believe Boris is still PM. Remember, he was anti-Brexit but saw the political advantage of being pro-Brexit.
It's not Boris' fault . These people voted and won, that's the point of winning a voting process, you get what you voted of.
Boris is still PM because nobody wants to face the upcoming troubles.
@@freespiritable don't be silly. He campaigned for it.
As of right now, he’s no longer PM. 😉
@@HavaWM
He’s still PM till September
It shows how easilly people can be manipulated and how easilly anger can be redirected. I do feel sorry for them. Deep in their hearts they did what they thought was best for the people around them.
In the end it is exactly the ones who put them in the declining situation and who created the anger that then turned around and then used it against them.
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They did what they thought was best for themselves and/or wanted to give the government, which recommended remain, a poke in the eye. Plenty of people told them that making it harder and more expensive to trade with our closest neighbours was a terrible idea, but they chose not to listen.
@@nkt1 not everyone is an spitefull internet troll.
@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 Who is trolling? I think you’ll find that many of those who voted remain share my opinion. Also, perhaps you’re forgetting that one reason the British fishing industry is in a “declining situation” is because they sold around half of their quota to foreign-owned boats 30 years ago.
They shouldn’t have used their heart but their brain
They should ban all commercial fishing
It's so hard to not say I told you so to people who voted out. Just driving around where I live pointing out things that the EU funding built and the empty sites where funding got pulled is a painful view of the future.
It’s called KARMA
Where does the EU make their money from?
The Welsh knew what they were voting for:)
@@Robert-cu9bm not england, apparently.
@@Robert-cu9bmthe uk
The same thing happened in the US when we went for Drump. He promised the working class better, never delivered.
A billionaire caring for working class and you believed his 🐂💩? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'd rather have the man you can't even call by name than Pres. Biden in office right now.
@@italiansoutherner you are missing the guy who gave hundreds of billions in tax cuts to the rich? Why? Are you rich?
@@italiansoutherner But, to be fair, that's only because you love fascism.
@@AbbeyRoadkill1 Name a singular fascist thing that Trump did.
Jacob Rees Mogg summed it up perfectly : "British Fish are happier now they are in British waters"............ laugh at us all you like, we have happy British fish, and not many countries can say that !
Don’t forget there sovereignty, that worth all the fish in the seas , anyone for cod and chip , sorry , sovereignty an chip 🍟.
More British fish. Less British fishermen. Why of course that means happier British fish.
@@martinbyrne6643 no you miss heard, its sovereign tea
You must live in a bubble . NI troubles threatening and Scotland wanting independence yet you think Britain is happy !!!
I was gonna say own goal but an own goal is accidental. This is self inflicted.
Take pride in your work ethics and your Britishness. The whole country has been deceived and conned not just the fishermen. Our time will come to put it right.
They voted for Boris,they got everything they deserve.
They also voted for Cameron and May, so I'd say they're not even close to getting what they deserve ;)
They are losing there business and livelihood because they were lied too. Yes alot of us could see through the lies, but we can be abit understanding
@@Bobisalive This didn't happen overnight and I would expect a business man / self employed / fisherman to understand basic economic realities. They wanted to believe the lies. No sympathy....
@@rwo5402 yeah fair enough. Just they were already struggling big time so probably just hoping for anything. Like if you are dying from dehydration in a desert, some stranger offers you liquid, you drink it because you have nothing to lose and it turns out to be HCL...
@@Bobisalive Bojo and Farage aren't strangers, they are liars.... would you take the 'water' from them ?
It is fine for a country to decide that the EU is not for them but being hoodwinked by con men ....
and every single fisherman only had to look at where the fish they were catching was going...., certainly not to the domestic market. Now they lost their market and still don't have their quotas back because of the trade and cooperation agreement, not that would need their quotas when they become available in the future because they lost their market.
One can only hope that people have l;earnt, are learning their lesson and destroy the Tories as a party at the next elsection. A tuna sandwich could do a better job in No. 10
It's so stupid to leave EU for some fish
It wasn't because of fish, though. It was because people heard builders speaking Polish and saw some brown people working in jobs that pay less than benefits do in the UK. "Stealing their jobs" was the narrative, apparently :D
Just for more fish... What a pity !
@@sq1rlsqu4d yep. Now we have a shortage of workers in the building industry, airports, truck drivers etc...
@@awo4618 we got more fish. Just no one in the UK likes or eats that type of fish. So we have to sell it back to the EU which isnt going to well...
The people in the EU parliament are not elected by the people. Hundreds of them get paid a lot more than the prime minister of the UK.
It's not really a democracy is it? so i don't blame the UK for leaving and i hope more countries do too when people realize what it is.
Trusting a politician and putting a lot of money on the line?? Oh god, that's just sad. If there were no quotas these pricks would have fished the waters to death.
Then blame it on someone else.
The fisherman interviewed has got a plan: he's going to write his MP. So ... problem solved?
Ironic how 'take back our fishing waters' was one of the most important rallying cries of the Brexiteers - this is the reality of what that 'achievement' entailed.
Wishing the best for all these people.