Le Showdown: Furious Liz Truss summons French Ambassador for dressing down as Navy patrols are put on standby and UK mulls retaliation options over 'illegal hijacking' of Scottish trawler whose crew is detained after being forced to dock at Le Harve

Daily Mail UK ^ | 28 October 2021 | HARRIET LINE, ANDY JEHRING, DAVID WILKES, CHRIS JEWERS, CHRIS PLEASA

[blueplum]

Britain was last night preparing to retaliate after a UK trawler was detained by France amid fears the fishing row could spark a full-blown trade war.

The Government accused the French of breaking international law and France's ambassador to London will be hauled in today to face questioning.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said French ambassador Catherine Colonna would be expected to attend the Foreign Office 'to explain the disappointing and disproportionate threats made against the UK and Channel Islands'....

...French ministers warned this week they will block British boats from some French ports and tighten checks on vessels travelling between France and the UK if the issue of post-Brexit fishing licenses is not resolved by Tuesday (November 2) - as well as threatening the electricity supply to the Channel Islands. ...

[blueplum]

the war of words and shipnapping heats up with the French PM declaring, "Britain must be PUNISHED to show EU states that 'leaving is more damaging than remaining', in a twin story HERE to which Lord Frost, who heads the Brexit committee, responded, " if France goes ahead with its plans then the EU would be in breach of the Brexit deal and the UK would retaliate by rolling out tougher enforcement action in British waters. "

And so it goes on.

[lee martell]

Finally! A high level international conflict that America has nothing to do with. Hoo-Ray!

[kiryandil]

Say!

I wonder if this Le Harve port is anywhere near the French port of Le Havre?    

[Dr. Sivana]

Any European power picking a naval fight with Her Majesty’s Royal Navy is the equivalent of throwing the rabbit into the briar patch.

[lee martell]

Je ne sais pas (I dunno).
Have you been to that part of France before?

[Noumenon]

As history shows, from trade wars, larger conflicts often grow.

[sauropod]

Ask Harvey!

[monkeyshine]

It just gets better and better. /s
When was the last time these two countries had a war? 1812?
Not that this is akin to war but the tensions are high and wars have been fought for less in the past.
I would think this is some kind of proxy, with the UK seen as aligned with the USA vs the EU.

[kiryandil]

  

[kiryandil]

I was making a jest.

The Daily Fail misspelled Le Havre. There is no "port of Le Harve".

Never been to France, but I know of Le Havre because of D-Day history.

[lee martell]

Oh, and that joke went just like a hardball pitch, right over my head. lol!

[kiryandil]

Hey - at least you know some French, so you got that going for you (Bill Murray Caddyshack voice).  

[jmacusa]

Mais oui! D’accord.

[jmacusa]

This would be one for the books.

The Frenchies and the Brits go at it.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

It’s “bangers” versus “quiche”. Gonna be a short war, mon ami.

[jmacusa]

Ah ha, oui mon ami. Vous avez raison!

[Mr Radical]

Le Frogs have chosen NOW to rattle the BREXIT knives again, to send a warning message to the others that are wavering - like Poland and Hungary...

[Mr Radical]

It was 1815 that we beat Napoleon (for which they’ve never forgiven us). But as recently as 1941 we were fighting the Vichy French in Syria (although the Free French were fighting alongside the Allies on that occasion).

[Jimmy Valentine]

Pretty hard to intimidate the Poles and the Hungarians.

[Joe Boucher]

Over the years, France and England have fought many times.
Great fun to see it happen again in these times.