Ever heard the expression “don’t spoil the ship for a ha’ppoth of tar?” Well, how’s this for an example:

Talks with the EU are stalled on the “vexed” question of fishing.  In 2018 the UK employed 9,600 full-time and 2,400 part-time workers in the fishing industry, the total value of their catch was around £990m.

In the same year, financial services, an employer of around1.1m employees, contributed around £132bn to the British economy. Exports of financial services (of which 43% went to the EU) were valued at around £60bn, and the sector contributed tax revenue of around £29bn.

The very idea that talks with the EU could flounder [sic] over fishing is total codswallop.