LONDON — Conservative MPs and Leave-voting fisherman took to a fishing boat on the Thames on Wednesday morning in protest at the Theresa May's decision to keep Britain withing EU fishing rules during the Brexit transition.
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Conservative MPs are throwing fish into the Thames in protest at Theresa May's Brexit deal
British politics just got a little bit more weird.
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May's decision is causing uproar among Conservative MPs in coastal constituencies with 14 of them writing to May threatening to withdraw their support from the government over the issue.
Now several 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 is the boat
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And here are the fish
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And here are the crew, white rollnecks and all
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It is apparently not the most pleasant of boats to be on
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The media are struggling to keep up
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The crowds are gathering on the embankment
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Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg was also meant to board
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But the Thames authorities wont let them dock
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This isnt quite going to plan
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