Shadow home secretary Chris Philp in the ChannelA senior Tory has accused France of firing “warning shots” at him while he was “monitoring illegal migrant crossings” in the English Channel.
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp was speaking to the media about the small boats crisis when a warship in the background started supposedly firing “live rounds” at his boat.
In a post on X, Philp wrote: “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. Felt like warning shots or attempted intimidation.”
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