The Scottish Secretary has indicated he could quit if the UK remains tied to EU fishing policies and quotas until 2022. David Mundell and the other 12 Scottish Conservative MPs wrote to Theresa May threatening mutiny if fishermen and women remain tied to the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) past December 2020. With the EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier suggesting the transition deal could be extended by two more years, Mr Mundell put his foot down. “I’m very clear we can’t extend the period and include the Common Fisheries Policy in that extension,” he said. “I could not support that. “I’m not playing into the resignation soap opera – what I’m focused on is outcomes.” Scottish Tories have warned they cannot support extending the EU’s common fisheries policy beyond 2020 ( Image: Daily Mirror) Mr Mundell insisted he was trying to get the best deal possible for Scotland and attacked the SNP for “backing no deal”, which he said was the worst possible outcome, at the latest joint ministerial council (JMC) meeting today. Mr Mundell accused Scottish Brexit Secretary Mike Russell of changing his position on a Brexit deal in the meeting to pursue an “independence agenda”. He said: “The big… Read full this story
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