Sir, In February this year, [a shipping company] made a political contribution of ￡50,000 ($75,000) to the British Conservative Party through its UK subsidiary. While this contribution may or may not have been illegal, it begs the question of why a Norwegian-owned company would want to curry favour with a UK political party?rnI have always suspected that there is an unhealthy relationship between the shipping industry and the government in the UK, no matter which party is in power. The UK is the only industrialised country in the world that has actively encouraged its shipowners to man their ships with foreigners.
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