to think we should deploy the entire fleet to deter those pesky French fishing boats?

[chomalungma]

Just 4 gunboats?

Don't they know how big the channel is and the whole fishing area?
Not enough.
Our territorial waters need defending.
Deploy the fleet.

Don't they know how big the channel is and the whole fishing area?

No, they have absolutely no idea. Thank heavens you’re here to put them right.

No, they have absolutely no idea. Thank heavens you’re here to put them right

They need to know.
4 gunboats.
They need more.

Oh yippee a nice war on top of all our other problems

YABU

In fact - why stop at gunboats?

It's really drones and fighter jets that they need.

Or possibly some repurposed Spitfires?

We're going to war over fish we don't eat and we need to sell to the EU?

Amazing.

God's sake. What is wrong with people?

Sorry. Having read your other posts, are you being sarcastic?

Nuke 'em I say. Let's show Johnny Foreigner what us plucky Brits can do, eh?

@RMRM

We're going to war over fish we don't eat and we need to sell to the EU?

Amazing.

God's sake. What is wrong with people?

Joke thread, looking at the OP. (Apologies if you were joking too, I can never tell online).

@chomalungma

In fact - why stop at gunboats?

It's really drones and fighter jets that they need.

Or possibly some repurposed Spitfires?

I think Captain Tom has some free time now he's finished the walk.

How about some sharks with fricking lasers attached to their heads, or mutant sea bass.

Maybe a few tactical nukes.

Ah, cross post.

@ChocolateCherrybomb

How about some sharks with fricking lasers attached to their heads, or mutant sea bass.

Maybe a few tactical nukes.

Now that's a solution.

With Union Jacks as well?

Or some Katy Hopkins clones floating around randomly in little rubber dinghies.

To be honest OP I think anyone who owns a boat should be out there - where's the Dunkirk spirit?

So hard to tell when people are joking these days as it's all too bloody plausible.

I am not sure how many gunboats we have. We will need to eat more fish and home-grown meat post-Brexit and it is good for us anyway. I don’t think there is any coming back from this turn of events though (although I did predict this over a month ago and everyone thought I had lost the plot).

Yes, that’s the spirit! Blast them out of the water! And if that doesn’t work, we should break out the cannons along the White Cliffs and play Land of Hope & Glory on loudspeakers. That’ll show em!

I do like that map though.
It's a great example of loci.
Your waters extend 200 miles off shore, but if there is another country, then you have to be equidistant between them.

@lockdownalli

To be honest OP I think anyone who owns a boat should be out there - where's the Dunkirk spirit?

No doubt there will be a call for that soon.

Yeah, Union Jacks too.
In fact, why not make the lasers dual purpose and project the flag into the night sky, like in Batman, only this symbol will summon Boris in a wet suit.
Don't know what bloody use he'll be when he gets there though, possibly confuse the invading fishermen with waffle about Greek mythology and Churchill.

We could also quickly genetically engineer a few big red dragons that breath fire, piss Guinness and fart thistles. That'll show Johnny Foreigner fishing dude how inventive we are.

@ChocolateCherrybomb

How about some sharks with fricking lasers attached to their heads, or mutant sea bass.

Maybe a few tactical nukes.

I'm sure we could strap lasers to seagulls as well. Those fuckers are persistent.

I think if we drop a couple of nukes in these locations, that'll learn them.

We should also just put an entire net around the UK so no fish will dare escape to foreign waters.

@chomalungma

We should also just put an entire net around the UK so no fish will dare escape to foreign waters.

Couldn't we build a wall?