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May's decision is causing uproar among Conservative MPs in coastal constituencies with 14 writing to May threatening to withdraw their support from the government over the issue.
Now two of their number have decided to lay anchor beside parliament and toss dead fish into the sea in protest. No, we're not making this up. Here is how it is all going down.
Here are the fish
And here is the boat
And here are the crew, white rollnecks and all
It is apparently not the most pleasant of boats to be on
The media are struggling to keep up
These fish will shortly be discarded in the Thames pic.twitter.com/LjEdUmkMav
- Christopher Hope 📝 (@christopherhope) March 21, 2018
Here she is; the Holladays R8. We're about to board. @fishingforleave staging a protest on Thames over the transitional fishing deal #fishprotest pic.twitter.com/qS51R4Cntn
- Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) March 21, 2018
All aboard! Now passing under Tower Bridge heading for the Houses of Parliament. #fisheries pic.twitter.com/EsVNeQPiFf
- Christopher Hope 📝 (@christopherhope) March 21, 2018
They stink.... pic.twitter.com/xIJfyjHnwq
- Theo Usherwood (@theousherwood) March 21, 2018
Fisheries protest. ITV's chase boat pic.twitter.com/NAMcz03sj7
- Christopher Hope 📝 (@christopherhope) March 21, 2018