Britain and Iceland go to war
 

Well then lets not hang around. ;)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...l-2049099.html

So this is the source of all this contention? Trade protectionism that made an industry uncompetitive so now it wants more trade protectionism? Sounds about par for the course for Britain.

Looks more like environmental concerns when one country is overfishing beyond what scientists believe the stocks can handle.

This doesn't mean though that the EU policy isn't stupid when it comes to throwing over dead fish that were caught but not the right species.

I see those as one and the same. Environmental concerns are often a smokescreen thrown up to disguise some other agenda. EU policy mandates waste through regulation and quotas, British fisheries become uncompetitive due to overfishing, sudden;y the environment is a concern so the EU must do something about it.

I would also venture that there is probably a subsidy at work in this fishing industry, and because subsidies create a lack of incentive to innovate or economize, British fisheries are probably less competitive to begin with. Iceland may have subsidies, too, but thay may be better-implemented.

No mention in that article about how the fish quotas are sold/traded in british central fishmarkets?
Not sure how true that is, but I did see a program recently that was talking about the fishing industry in UK. What we lost in fishing fleets was regained in having a central trading market for the fishing catch? Or something to that effect anyway. It must be more complicated.

Careful, make them too angry and they will use the volcano on you again...

I predict Britain will win. The only threat Iceland can make is to withold all the ice, which won't work because the Brits like their beer warm anyway.

Hmm, mod spending cutbacks, less new ships in the navy... underfunded navy vs volcano? I don't much care for those odds :hmmm:

@steve
Never mind the warm beer, where will I buy frozen microwave meals from in the future?! :rotfl2:

Too right, nowt wrong with a warm beer:D.

mackerel........right!
 

:hmm2:

Umm, is it too late to change my bet?

dunno, what odds you wanna give me if I put my money on the volcano and shares in a chain-store for reasonably priced frozen meals? :DL

Oh No! 'mum's gone to iceland'! disaster! their plan to hold us hostage is bearing fruit... I mean frozen summer fruits... fruits and cream and pizza slices argh will their frozen leverage never end?

What's in it for the EU? :hmmm:

What do you mean?

There not going to do a thing unless there is some sort of back hander for them.

Cough..."money"...cough. :shifty: