The rural affairs and environment secretary added: "If Europe blows thisgoldenopportunity to sail our fishing industry into calmer waters the consequences would be dire".
By not setting aside an adequate advertising budget to promote travel and shopping in Northumberland to the Scots, the county may miss out on thisgoldenopportunity.
To some, the application period earlier this year was a goldenopportunity to acquire domain names they could sell to registrars like GoDaddy or keep for themselves to create online businesses or expand existing ones.
The publication of the report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life provides a goldenopportunity for the government to get this issue back out of the box marked 'too difficult' and make a serious effort to find a fair solution which is acceptable to all parties.
There will be another goldenopportunity to buy stocks at some point likely later this year, but right now we are in a bearish leaning wait and see mode.