MP's shock as French warship in Channel 'fires shots'

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says the vessel fired 17 shots as he was giving a BBC interview.

Tory MP accuses French navy of firing shots in Channel incident

Chris Philp says patrol vessel may have been trying to stop him highlighting the small boats crisis UK politics live – latest updates A Conservative MP has claimed a French warship fired warning shots near a boat he was on in the Channel in an attempt to stop him covering the small boats crisis. Chris Philp, who is his party’s home affairs spokesperson, was being interviewed by the BBC a couple of miles off Boulogne on Tuesday when the warship Flamant passed by. As it did so, a French navy ...

By Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

British MP accuses French patrol boat of firing 'warning shots' near him in Channel

A British opposition lawmaker on Tuesday accused a French naval patrol vessel of firing "warning shots" while he was being interviewed aboard a fishing boat in the English Channel, an allegation French authorities deny. France said the gunfire was part of a routine training exercise conducted under international safety rules.

By FRANCE 24

French warship accused of firing shots as Tory frontbencher films in Channel

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp accused the French of ‘attempted intimidation’

By Millie Cooke