A French patrol boat fired 17 shots during a BBC interview with UK Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp in the English Channel; Philp characterized it as attempted intimidation. French officials stated it was a routine shooting drill.
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Shadow home secretary Chris Philp accused the French of ‘attempted intimidation’
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says the vessel fired 17 shots as he was giving a BBC interview.
While everyone's busy being outraged about Polanski's social media habits, there's a Tory shadow cabinet guy apparently trying to get us into a war with France www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says the vessel fired 17 shots as he was giving a BBC interview.
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Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says the vessel fired 17 shots as he was giving a BBC interview.