Prime minister joins famous figures in using his clothing to comment on issues
Boris Johnson delivered his press conference outlining the Brexit trade deal that will separate the EU and UK while wearing a tie with a subtle fish motif in a nod to one of the dominant issues of the tortuous negotiations.
Despite Britain’s fishing industry only being responsible for 0.1% of the country’s GDP, it became symbolic of a desire by leave voters to “take back control”. Many had complained that successive years of overfishing by EU countries and the quota system had hurt the industry.
