FRENCH fishermen today gave Britain 24 hours to resolve a Brexit fishing licences row or they will launch blockades which could spoil Christmas for millions of families.
They have set a deadline of tomorrow for the Government to offer a solution to the licences stand-off or they will start organising blockades of Calais, Dunkirk and the Channel Tunnel, which could hit the flow of goods across the Channel. Benoît Firmin, of the Hauts-de-France fishing committee, warned that the blockades, if they go ahead, would be more widespread than previous protests.
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