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AN angry Glaswegian accused an Edinburgh chip shop of racism after they charged him 25p for tomato sauce.

Tony Winters said he was a victim of discrimination because the shop gave the locals their favourite brown sauce for free.

He even took his case to Trading Standards after storming out of the Gold Sea chippy in Leith.

The case is a bizarre twist on the old east/west debate over what goes best on chips.

But engineer Tony, who has lived in Edinburgh for 18 years, is sticking to his guns.

He said: “Every chip shop I know gives ketchup free. A condiment is a condiment.

“You can’t offer one customer brown sauce for nothing then charge another for tomato. I told the staff I thought it was racist. They just said it’s what they do.

“We went to another chip shop and the guy was killing himself laughing when we told him.

“It reeks of racism – just because we come from the west and tend to like ketchup instead of brown sauce.

“It’s clear they’re discriminating and I don’t think it’s right.”

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Tony saw red over his sauce after ordering a sausage supper for himself, and a hamburger and a fish supper for his fiancee and a pal, at the chippy in Ferry Road.

But shop owner Paul Crolla was browned off by his complaint.

He said: “Salt and sauce goes with fish and chips. Anything extra should be paid for.

“If it was up to me I wouldn’t give anyone ketchup because it ruins the whole thing.

“Fish and chips is an Edinburgh thing and people want salt and sauce on it. That’s the tradition.”

Paul conceded that some shops gave away ketchup but insisted the free stuff was cheap and unbranded. He sells sachets of Heinz at 25p a time.

One Glasgow fish fryer gave Paul a verbal battering for his claims.

Darren Hall, manager of the city’s Chippy Doon the Lane, said: “They can eat what they want in Edinburgh but I think the quality of fish supper in Glasgow is the best, complemented brilliantly with salt and vinegar.

“We wouldn’t dream of charging for condiments. It would detract from the experience.”

Trading Standards said the Gold Sea had no case to answer, and it was up to traders to decide whether to charge for sauce.