Let's hear it for small shopkeepers

There is this magic that connects the new petitie bourgeoisie. I think it is the habitus at work. It produces remarkable similarlites between spokespersons. Last night E Maitlis jeering at fishing.Now the GHraun

it is possible that continuing attempts to gain a win for British fishing industry could scupper much larger parts of the UK economy....Fishing is a politically charged issue on both sides of the Channel....Brussels’ negotiators will have organised their strategy around offensive and defensive interests. That approach does not seem to have been mirrored on the UK side, with the British government giving up on securing favourable rules of origin – which decide whether cars made with imported parts will attract tariffs – while holding firm on fishing.[said] Lord Liddle, a veteran of European trade negotiations who advised Peter Mandelson when the latter was the EU’s trade commissioner

In the same year, fishing and aquaculture was worth £446m, less than 3% of the size of the under-threat car manufacturing sector alone.

Emmanuel Macron, is keen to be seen as fighting for France’s relatively poorer northern coastal communities before elections in 2022. [and is no doubt fully justified because these are poorer northern communities in France]

Meanwhile, at home

there is exasperation among executives and unions that their fortunes, and the fate of other sectors, are reliant on the government’s efforts to expand a much smaller industry.

The Graun was once a liberal paper, but it has long forgotten JS Mill on the role of the State in protecting permanent minorities from dominance by market capitalism. The GHeraun is keen to protect its own favourite ethnic or sexual minority communities, of course, but I don't suppose many of them fish. Lots of fisherfolk are suspected of voting Leave too.

JS Mill said it was actually in our interests to protect minorities, of course -- it is not just sentiment or special pleading. 'Bigger' industry seems to have a better idea of the interests of all of us, or at least of their social class, in protecting minorities

However, bigger sectors are wary of being seen to criticise a smaller counterpart. One industry insider said: “We would never go: ‘Frankly, we should give up cod for car parts.’”

Back to familiar Graun sentimental capitalism with petite bourgeois primitive accumulation in mind with this:

how are small to medium-sized businesses – the family businesses that are the backbone of the country [!] – faring? ...Philip Rowell has already upped sticks and moved his company to Barcelona....Businesswoman and TV Dragons’ Den panellist Deborah Meaden warned of disruptions to supplies deal or no deal...Sally runs a schoolwear and stationery shop selling everything from uniforms to pens but “hasn’t the faintest idea” of what to do after a German supplier told her she would have to be responsible for all customs imports procedures....Peter Qvortrup, Audionote, Brighton [said] we don’t know exactly where we will be on 1 January....“We have been totally ignoring all Brexit communications from anyone as, surprise surprise, we have more important things to worry about,” said the managing director, Mark Ormiston....[Ormiston Wire 'produces specialist cable and braid, and counts prestigious work in its portfolio including an umbrella installation in Heathrow airport and Thomas Heatherwick’s Bleigiessen sculpture in the atrium of The Wellcome Trust.']. World of Water Beds is a small family company with two main suppliers – one in Denmark and the other in Exeter....“In a deal scenario we still have customs clearance and that is going to cost £25 to £50 per pallet and that will be passed straight on to the customer,” said Tandy.

That's more like it! Someone should speak up for shopkeepers and small manufacturers against BOTH irrational and proletarianised left-overs and modern big business.