“The key is that we have our fish back: they are now British fish, and they are better and happier fish for it.”

In response to a question in the House of Commons about the fishing industry losing money due to Brexit red tape https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-01-14/debates/329F59AC-D8A3-464D-AF4D-58C7EAA560C6/BusinessOfTheHouse#contribution-F5E677D7-58DE-4634-88A4-E97E2AA8F7E6 (14 January 2021)
2021

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "The key is that we have our fish back: they are now British fish, and they are better and happier fish for it." by Jacob Rees-Mogg?
Jacob Rees-Mogg photo
Jacob Rees-Mogg 5
British politician 1969

Related quotes

Kurt Vonnegut photo

“Fish! Fish! Fish!”

Galápagos (1985)

“Robert, after spending 48 hours with this fish, we have transcended the conventional "food to consumer" relationship. this fish is now my friend.”

Darby Conley (1970) American cartoonist

Bucky Katt's Big Book of fun, page 129
Bucky Katt

Dr. Seuss photo

“One fish Two fish Red fish Blue fish!”

Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
Zane Grey photo

“If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago.”

Zane Grey (1872–1939) American novelist

Tales of Southern Rivers (1924).

Paul Watson photo

“I don't eat fish because there is no such thing as sustainable fishing in the world right now.”

Paul Watson (1950) Canadian environmental activist

The Philosophy of Paul Watson By Frank Johnson https://books.google.com/books?id=QfGXBAAAQBAJ

Wisława Szymborska photo

“In Heraclitus' river
a fish has imagined the fish of all fish”

Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012) Polish writer

"In Heraclitus' River"
Poems New and Collected (1998), Salt (1962)
Context: In Heraclitus' river
a fish has imagined the fish of all fish,
a fish kneels to the fish, a fish sings to the fish,
a fish begs the fish to ease its fishy lot.

Isaac Leib Peretz photo

“We are like fish
In this vast sea.
And Satan fishes
For you and me.”

Isaac Leib Peretz (1852–1915) Yiddish language author and playwright

"Monish" (translated in J. Leftwich. Golden Peacock. Sci-Art, 1939, p. 56.), 1888.

Petra Němcová photo

“I became quite green - I have a very strong connection to nature. I read that if we fish the way we fish, in 2048 there will be no more fish left, which is pretty soon. So it's a statement.”

Petra Němcová (1979) Czech fashion model

Explaining why she became vegan, spotted helping out at an OCRF Benefit, as quoted in "Petra Nemcova Goes Vegan For The Fish", in Celebrity-Gossip.net (31 July 2007) http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/petra-nemcova-goes-vegan-for-the-fish-201498#blog.

Sylvia Earle photo

“I want to get out in the water. I wanted to see fish, real fish, not fish in a laboratory.”

Sylvia Earle (1935) American oceanographer

Interview: Sylvia Earle Undersea Explorer http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/printmember/ear0int-1, Academy of Achievement, January 27, 1991

Wisława Szymborska photo

Related topics