Continuing to agree: a rant.

 This is from the Telegraph Online, May 6th 2021:

In late April, French fishermen blockaded ports to prevent UK-landed fish arriving in Europe in protest. UK-EU talks are continuing to agree on an alternative way of proving past fishing activity. 

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The thing is, when it says that talks are continuing to agree on an alternative method of proving past fishing activity, naturally it actually means that talks are continuing not to agree on an alternative method of proving past fishing activity.

Now I come to look at that whole quotation again, it occurs to me that the fish were probably past protesting, too.

I wouldn't mind, but these people get paid for writing this stuff.

photo of 'Respect' by Jeff Tomlinson

Word To Use Today: continue. This word comes from the Old French continuer, from the Latin continuāre, to join together, from continuus, continuous, from continēre, to hold together or contain.