MICHAEL Gove is likely to be pressed on what he and the Tories are doing to prevent a new “Battle of Trafalgar” between French and British fishing fleets in the “most likely” situation of a No-Deal Brexit when he appears before MSPs today.

The Cabinet Office minister, who is in charge of No-Deal planning, has been “war-gaming” scenarios should the UK crash out of the EU without an agreed new trade arrangement – a situation now considered the most probable outcome.

“One of his biggest worries is a new Battle of Trafalgar in the Channel with clashes between French and English fishing fleets and the navy and French fishermen,” one friend told a Sunday newspaper.

Gove is due to appear today at Holyrood’s Europe Committee where he is also expected to be pressed on why Northern Ireland will get a special Brexit deal but not Scotland.

Senior Tories Ruth Davidson and David Mundell previously said they could not support any Brexit deal that introduces different arrangements for Northern Ireland and would be prepared to resign if Northern Ireland was given special arrangements which differ from Scotland.

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Former Tory constitution spokesperson, Adam Tomkins, also warned that “what goes for Northern Ireland must go for Scotland also”.

Ahead of Gove’s appearance before MSPs the SNP has said that Scotland, alone of the UK nations, has been left with no democratic say over its future relationship with Europe.

“Scotland is the only country in the UK that’s being dragged out of the EU against our will and given no say over our future relationship with Europe,” said Cunninghame North SNP MSP Kenneth Gibson.

“England and Wales both voted to leave and are leaving. Northern Ireland voted to remain and is getting a special deal. But Scotland, with the highest remain vote of any UK nation, is to get a disastrous No-Deal or low deal Brexit.

“That is democratically unacceptable and makes a complete mockery of claims the UK is a partnership of equals.”

Gibson added: “We completely understand the situation in Northern Ireland and a new border must not be created on the island of Ireland, but Scotland must not be placed at a competitive disadvantage. The Tory leadership said they would resign if that was to happen, so let’s see if they are true to their word.

“Scotland’s future should lie in Scotland’s hands – not Boris Johnson and his band of Brexiteers, who simply cannot be trusted to stand up for our Parliament and protect Scotland from the effects of a hard Brexit, which we didn’t vote for.”

The concerns felt by Gove, one of the most prominent advocates of Brexit, have come to light as he holds a series of meetings with senior Whitehall officials to “stress test” the contingency plans.

“It was a stock take,” a senior official told the Sunday Times. “Have we got everything? Is everything that we can do being done. They’ve been doing war-games, table-top exercises.”

The meeting reached stark conclusions. “Everyone concluded that it’s all systems go for No-Deal,” said one source. “And whether there is no deal or not we are expecting some disruption.”

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A further table-top war-game, outlining the worst-case scenarios, is due to take place this week, dubbed Capstone. Last month Gove led an exercise to plan for the Royal Navy to intercept and board French fishing vessels in the Channel. Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf hit out over the weekend about Navy vessels being deployed in Scottish waters as tensions between the UK and EU mounted.

The Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 saw the British Navy fight the French and Spanish Navies off the coasts of Spain during the Napoleonic Wars.

It was won by the British though the UK commander Admiral Nelson was shot and died shortly after the end of the battle.

Meanwhile, the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier said yesterday a trade deal is still possible.

Talks were extended on Sunday after Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen agreed to continue the process despite major differences remaining.