Rockall : Marine Scotland Boards Irish Boat

Scoondal

https://www.rte.ie/news/brexit/2021/0105/1187865-rockall-fishing/

So, Rockall is owned by Scotland. That is news to me.

Gatling

Send in the navy .


Oh wait ......

TheValeyard

I really think we should just blow that rock up.

Dr Turk Turkelton

Rock on Rockall
You'll never fall
To Scotland's greedy hands...

Kivaro

I think we can take the Scots on this one.
Boris, and the English, are a bit peeved with them at the moment, so mightn't butt in.

Let's rock (!) lads and lassies Irish girls; let's kick some ass.
Rockall will never fall for Scottish greedy hands.
(How's the weather outside?)

joeysoap

How we laughed at it in the 50’’s when it British claimed Rockall. Not laughing now.

https://m.facebook.com/irishtimes/videos/archive-british-flag-hoisted-on-rockall-in-1955/336145137058145/

Atlantic Dawn

TheValeyard wrote: »

I really think we should just blow that rock up.

I think once it doesn't exist at low water it's no longer claimable, we could blow it out of the water at the next low tide.

Guy:Incognito

Kivaro wrote: »

I think we can take the Scots on this one.)

They have the nukes

Gatling

Kivaro wrote: »

I think we can take the Scots on this one.
Boris, and the English, are a bit peeved with them at the moment, so mightn't butt in.

Let's rock (!) lads and lassies Irish girls; let's kick some ass.
Rockall will never fall for Scottish greedy hands.
(How's the weather outside?)

The British claim it's there ,we claims it as outs and now the Scots are claiming it .
Can we organise a boat to sail out can claim it for boards

Kivaro

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

They have the nukes

No way in hell would the English give them the correct keys for those nukes.
We should attack at dawn.

The Inbetween is mine

Send our navy out to frighten them into submission.... and then they can be home by teatime

Say my name

There's a role for Tom Hanks in this..

josip

Joking aside, I wonder how far the British and Irish are prepared to push this?
It would be surprising if provision hadn't already been made for Rockall in the agreements since Fishing is a fundamental area of discussion and Gibraltar is fairly important for the Spanish.

Scoondal

Similar but worse west of The Philippines :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWwzZRlqykg

biko

Yep, another area where the Chinese push others out.


But this Rockall business was surprising.

John Doe1

As a Donegal man with Scottish parents, I will do my part in the upcoming war by making substandard dinner for the parents.

Silent Running

Just wait until the independent Scots want to get back into the EU.

biko

And hide it in a filing cabinet.

Collie D

John Doe1 wrote: »

As a Donegal man with Scottish parents, I will do my part in the upcoming war by making substandard dinner for the parents.

That will only invoke memories of the homeland.

mcmoustache

Why don't we take the southern bit, let the Brits take the northern bit and they can let the Scots run around on it.

malinheader

Really hope the government backs our fishermen this time.
They can make a wee bit of amends for all the times they sold them out.

eastie17

We should send one of our naval vessels up their for the craic. One of the newer ones mind, just in case it gets on the telly,
why not? If we feel we have a legitimate claim to it we should take a spin to back it up. Wave an independence ballot paper at the Scottish ship and they’ll sail away

km991148

eastie17 wrote: »

We should send one of our naval vessels up their for the craic. One of the newer ones mind, just in case it gets on the telly,

Sure - put the MV Cill Airne back into service - its not getting much use at the moment anyway..

HeidiHeidi

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/planting-the-tricolour-the-forgotten-irish-expedition-to-claim-rockall-1.3919959%3fmode=amp

Where are these lads when we need them???

josip

eastie17 wrote: »

We should send one of our naval vessels up their for the craic. One of the newer ones mind, just in case it gets on the telly,
why not? If we feel we have a legitimate claim to it we should take a spin to back it up. Wave an independence ballot paper at the Scottish ship and they’ll sail away

We don't seek any claim on it.
Basically we think it's too irrelevant to support any claim.
(Which was probably the best approach since we'd lose out if we tried to argue based on proximity.)

josip

josip wrote: »

We don't seek any claim on it.
Basically we think it's too irrelevant to support any claim.
(Which was probably the best approach since we'd lose out if we tried to argue based on proximity.)

Malvinas and all that.

Big dog wins.

suicide_circus

Silent Running wrote: »

Just wait until the independent Scots want to get back into the EU.

Veto the cünts!!

josip

suicide_circus wrote: »

Veto the cünts!!

May not even need to veto.
The EU's current policy on territorial disputes is for them to be resolved prior to accession.

https://apnews.com/article/c5cf55871f4041b3897ba692106fa3a1

malinheader

I thought that there was no change to fishing grounds but the UK were getting more quota and EU boats were losing quota. Am I wrong. Are UK waters closed to EU vessels inside 12 mile

touts

eastie17 wrote: »

We should send one of our naval vessels up their for the craic. One of the newer ones mind, just in case it gets on the telly,
why not? If we feel we have a legitimate claim to it we should take a spin to back it up. Wave an independence ballot paper at the Scottish ship and they’ll sail away

Don't our French partners have a couple of aircraft carriers.

suicide_circus

josip wrote: »

May not even need to veto.
The EU's current policy on territorial disputes is for them to be resolved prior to accession.

https://apnews.com/article/c5cf55871f4041b3897ba692106fa3a1

Well well well...