UKIP: "Invade France! Send us your fish!"
Quite amused today when a work colleague pointed out the following gem from UKIP's election manifesto:
UKIP will:
[...]
Establish an ‘Exclusive Economic Zone’ extending 200 nautical miles from the UK’s coastline over which the UK exerts total control"
Neat. So we get a sizeable chunk of France, including Paris, with a side order of Belgium, the Netherlands and possibly Luxembourg thrown in. So far so good, but don't be surprised if you have a little more trouble annexing Dublin ;-)
OK, it turns out that the truth (page 14) is a little more mundane, in that it is really all about fish. Shame.
But as luck would have it this leads to the second item on my personal agenda: UKIP would also, given the chance "strictly forbid the shameful discarding of dead fish".
Clearly an attempt to get Brits to eat more fish, which as far as I am concerned is worthy of the highest praise. However, I recognise that not everybody on my FL regards their body as a temple to protein and omega-3 fatty acids. So, what to do with any surplus deceased piscines you may have lying around?
Well, partly because high ideals are worth nothing unless truly tested, but mostly because it would be funny, why not send them to:
Lord Pearson of Rannoch
Party Leader
or
Nigel Farage MEP
Chief Party Spokesman
or
David Campbell Bannerman MEP
Deputy Leader and Head of Policy
c/o UKIP Head Office
PO Box 408
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ12 9BG
?
UKIP will:
[...]
Establish an ‘Exclusive Economic Zone’ extending 200 nautical miles from the UK’s coastline over which the UK exerts total control"
Neat. So we get a sizeable chunk of France, including Paris, with a side order of Belgium, the Netherlands and possibly Luxembourg thrown in. So far so good, but don't be surprised if you have a little more trouble annexing Dublin ;-)
OK, it turns out that the truth (page 14) is a little more mundane, in that it is really all about fish. Shame.
But as luck would have it this leads to the second item on my personal agenda: UKIP would also, given the chance "strictly forbid the shameful discarding of dead fish".
Clearly an attempt to get Brits to eat more fish, which as far as I am concerned is worthy of the highest praise. However, I recognise that not everybody on my FL regards their body as a temple to protein and omega-3 fatty acids. So, what to do with any surplus deceased piscines you may have lying around?
Well, partly because high ideals are worth nothing unless truly tested, but mostly because it would be funny, why not send them to:
Lord Pearson of Rannoch
Party Leader
or
Nigel Farage MEP
Chief Party Spokesman
or
David Campbell Bannerman MEP
Deputy Leader and Head of Policy
c/o UKIP Head Office
PO Box 408
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ12 9BG
?