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Johnson snubs Thomas Cook worker's 200-mile walk for justice at gates of No 10
Cabin crew employee Rachel Murrell walked over 200 miles from her home in Newton Abbott, Devon to Westminster

A THOMAS COOK worker has walked hundreds of miles to deliver a letter to Boris Johnson — only to be turned away at the gates of Number 10.

Cabin crew employee Rachel Murrell, who is a Unite union member, walked over 200 miles from her home in Newton Abbott, Devon to Westminster.

She carried with her a letter addressed to the Prime Minister urging him to investigate the collapse of the world’s oldest travel company a fortnight ago.

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