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Comment / Under the radar: The sea of claims left in Ever Given's wake

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A Loadstar writer recently walked into the Chelmsford branch of UK home and garden retailer B&Q looking for a barbecue. There didn’t appear to be any about, but then his wife spied one that was just what they wanted.

“Can we have one of those please?” he asked a sales assistant.

“I’m afraid not sir, it’s the only one we have.”

“So why can’t we have that one?”

“Because it’s the display model – if we don’t have a display model then no one ...

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