Christopher Booker from the Telegraph wades in to defend Newlyn's 'pirates' and their Mums

Outspoken and forthright, Christopher Booker writes in the Telegraph to highlight the plight of those recently convicted in the Black Fish case. He describes the stituation as, "A draconian quota sytem which forces fishermen to throw countless millions of saleable fish dead back into the sea".

Booker highlights two issues to arise from the case, namely that the fishermen concerned were prevented from speaking and that further research needs to be carried out to ascertain whether or not there was "quota available to lease" so that the fish could have been caught legally.

Christopher Booker often writes to champion the case of the UK versus Brussels and is a supporter of UKIP .