David Lammy surrendered himself to the Environment Agency today after admitting to fishing without a rod licence alongside JD Vance last week. He now faces prosecution, and a fine of up to £2,500…

According to The Sun, the Foreign Secretary has since coughed up for the mandatory rod fishing licence and conceded it was an “ oversight “. The EA, however, are militant in policing this sort of “ oversight “. In response to a previous wannabe angler running afoul of the law, Environment Agency fisheries enforcement officer Benjamin Pessl said in January:

“Anyone who thinks ‘I don’t need to buy a rod licence, no one’s going to check’ is in the wrong. We do check, regularly, and we prosecute, always . Buying a rod licence is not expensive. There’s no excuse for not having one

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