TORIES’ PHILP REJECTS FRENCH CLAIM THAT SHOTS FIRED FROM NAVAL BOAT NEAR HIM WERE TRAINING EXERCISE – UK POLITICS LIVE

Shadow minister says there was no warning and ‘it looked and sounded like deliberate intimidation’ Conservative MP accuses French navy of firing shots near him in Channel It is not just the Russians firing on Brits in… In a post on social media, he says: On the channel today monitoring illegal migrant crossings … as I was being interviewed by the BBC just now a French warship approached close and fired 17 live rounds behind us.

The Guardian reports that shadow minister says there was no warning and ‘it looked and sounded like deliberate intimidation’ Conservative MP accuses French navy of firing shots near him in Channel It is not just the Russians firing on Brits in…

The report adds: In a post on social media, he says: On the channel today monitoring illegal migrant crossings … as I was being interviewed by the BBC just now a French warship approached close and fired 17 live rounds behind us.

There was no notice or training exercise in place.

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