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Eurotunnel boss in racism spat with local MP

Eurotunnel boss Jacques Counon has accused Dover Tory MP Charlie Elphicke of xenophobia and 'ferry-centricsm'. In a letter to Mr Elphicke, the Eurotunnel chairman and chief executive officer accused him of taking “a one-sided and limited view of developments in the cross-Channel market,” according to BBC reports. The letter concerned the Competition Commission's recent finding that Eurotunnel's entry into the water-borne ferry market through the purchase of three former SeaFrance ships ... [+]

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