Is that the best they can do ?.Pretty weedy argument if you ask me.How on earth does the rest of Europe manage to provide both white and red, suspect that the number of people going leisure boating is certainly no less in Europe despite them having to cough up for white.
However,their marina fees and other running costs are considerably less than ours,due in no small measure to the fact that many are owned by the local councils !
Suspect this is more to do with politics and the current administration merely picking a token fight with Europe in order to get brownie points from a section of the community it perceives as being part of its natural supporters with their votes likely to be lost to a bunch of one issue loonies. IMHO.