Don't Confuse Me 4 13/4/2020

Don't Confuse Me

Don't Confuse Me 3 11/4/2020

Don't Confuse Me

...with the facts:

• MPs have been given an extra £10,000 each to support them working from home
• This is on top of the £26,000 office budget each MP gets annually

More facts:

• Food banks give out over 13 million meals a year
• Dominic Raab (our deputy PM) said the 'typical food bank user had cash flow problems episodically' and was not 'languishing in poverty'.
• Raab found it impossible to answer the questions of an actual food bank user.

Don't Confuse Me 2 10/4/2020

Don't Confuse Me

...with the facts:

• European countries have fished in each other’s waters for centuries
• Everyone’s fishing fleets has become smaller as fishing vessels have become larger
• The EU Common Fisheries Policy introduced quotas to stop over-fishing
• UK quota owners sold half of their quotas overseas and sold their boats
• We export 80% of the fish we still catch, mostly to Europe
• The EU wants to protect their fleets by keeping access to their fishing grounds
• Otherwise the EU will need import quotas and high duties to protect their fleets
• Which would hurt our fishing industry
• Our fishing industry needs a deal

Don't Confuse Me 1 9/4/2020

Don't confuse me