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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder

French to blame for travel chaos at UK ports, claims Jeremy Hunt

Simon Calder

As both contenders to become the next prime minister insist Brexit is not responsible for the chaotic congestion at Dover and Folkestone over the weekend, a former foreign secretary has insisted that French intransigence caused massive delays.

Jeremy Hunt, currently the Conservative chair of the health select committee, attacked “a lack of willingness in the French government to be cooperative with Britain in any way”.

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