
The questioning of P&O Ferries’ CEO following the mass sacking of 800 UK staff last week got off to the toughest possible start.
Darren Jones, the Labour MP who chairs the business select committee, kicked off the joint hearing of the transport and business committees by asking chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite: “Are you in this mess because you don’t know what you’re doing, or are you just a shameless criminal?”