{"id":343036,"date":"2025-08-14T05:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T05:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/343036\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T05:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T05:19:11","slug":"why-britains-foreign-minister-could-be-fined-for-fishing-with-the-us-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/343036\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Britain’s foreign minister could be fined for fishing with the US vice president"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, British<\/a> foreign minister David Lammy went fishing with United States<\/a> Vice President JD Vance<\/a> at his retreat in the English countryside. <\/p>\n

Now, he could be fined for doing so.<\/p>\n

Lammy has referred himself to the UK’s environment watchdog for fishing without a rod licence \u2013 an offence in Britain that could land him with a fine of \u00a32100 ($5100).<\/p>\n

\"UnitedJD Vance and David Lammy on a fishing trip that could find the latter on the wrong side of the law. (Kin Cheung\/Pool\/AFP\/Getty Images via CNN Newsource)<\/p>\n

“The foreign secretary has written to the Environment Agency over an administrative oversight that meant the appropriate licenses had not been acquired for fishing on a private lake as part of a diplomatic engagement at Chevening House last week,” a Foreign Office spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

“As soon as the foreign secretary was made aware of the administrative error, he successfully purchased the relevant rod fishing licenses,” the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n

“He also wrote to the Environment Agency notifying them of the error, demonstrating how it would be rectified, and thanking them for their work protecting Britain’s fisheries.”<\/p>\n

Lammy recently hosted Vance at Chevening House, his grace-and-favour retreat in the southern county of Kent, known as the Garden of England.<\/p>\n

After his diplomatic engagements, the vice president has stayed in the country for a family vacation.<\/p>\n

Although Vance has been critical of the British government for what he claims is its heavy-handed approach to free speech, he and Lammy held a chummy press conference after their illegal fishing trip.<\/p>\n

\"Britain'sThe pair in a more formal setting earlier in the month. Vance was on a visit to the United Kingdom. (AP)<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, the one strain on the special relationship is that all of my kids caught fish, but the foreign secretary did not,” Vance told reporters.<\/p>\n

The fish that were caught by the group were returned to the private lake, according to Britain’s PA Media news agency.<\/p>\n

Those aged 13 or older must have a rod licence to freshwater fish in England and Wales, under laws aiming to protect fish stocks and make fisheries sustainable.<\/p>\n

“Everyone who goes fishing needs a licence to help improve our rivers, lakes and the sport anglers love,” an Environment Agency spokesperson said, according to PA.<\/p>\n

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